I'll be hollerin' loud and clear when she fires, bet on it!
Good luck on your snap ring, you'll get 'er.

 

Hi again 79cvette, Page 9-12 in the shop manul shows the rear axle cross-section, if your talking about the snap rings inside the yoke, then you've got a big project ahead of you. Everything has to be taken apart, some take the carrier off the crossmember others take off the crossmember and carrier since it;s so hard to get to the bolts. I might guess that you have a worn spindle and worn bearings, if that snap ring was broken that rear would be toast. PG

 

Hey pg, It is the internal snap ring, What spindle and bearing are you refering to?[/align]Is that on the wheel end? If so how do you proberly check that. I do have a dial indicater. Not sure the procedure on how to do it. Bet me I know it is a big project.[/align]Thanks for all the info.[/align]

 

Hi again, can you tell me what repair manual you have or what catalog you have and we'll find the picture. PG

 

Hey pg, Happy 4th of July. Sorry I have been out of town. Don't have any manuels. But I did have a friend who know's the Vette guroo at the local GM dealership here.[/align]He is to give me a call about it this week sometimes. So I will pick his brain as much as possible. I am hope it is just a freak thing. The car handles great and rides just fine. This car was restored in 1999 with a new 350/300 hp engine, and rear axle was replace with a 3:08 a few months later, since then it has only 30,000 miles on it. So I am hoping there is no bearing failure back there. This just started out to be a insulation job on the inside....My luck. I will kep you guy's informed. When finished I will post some pics.[/align]

 

Thanks, enjoy the holiday. I'm sure your vette guroo will tell you not to worry and that you diff is fine. PG

 

Happy 4th of July to everyone. Well guy's here is the latest new on the snaprings breaking. After talking to many,many people. I found a guy in New Orleans that him and his dad have been restoring vettes for 30 years. I was told that on 79 C-3 only.[/align]Had that problem, The fix they came up with was to raise the rear suspension by 1-11/2 inchs. What it does is bring the axle shafts more straight. The angle they are at keeps a bind on those snaprings. That makes alot of since to me. So know I will take the next step and replace both snaprings again and raise the end by a 1-11/2. I will get a angle reading before and after. When complete I will post them. [/align]And yes I am at work today, We get Christmas and Thanksgiving off.....[/align]Within the next couple weeks I should have this done. So wish me luck. Thanks for all the advice.[/align]