Although I haven't actually used any of your "papers" Gary (yet??) I have read through a couple and found them very informative and generally easy to follow, even though I don't have a part sat in front of me.
It took me bloody hours to write that bit about pc'ing so I can appreciate the amount of time and effort you put into your posts - prick of a thing to then have them deleted.
I'd sure as shit rather take your information over some wanker who's just out to take my money...
I worked on that diff rebuild paper of mine for several weeks - I think it was like 50 pages long in microsoft word:bonkers:. Yeah, its a joke over on the other forum - I got shit pulled becasue I recommended Gary and Mike. I have to send PM's to people now to recommend them, because the vendors are complaining. Here are a few examples of me being screwed over...
Well, here is one experience with a vendor in Florida. I bought a used pinion flange from them, and received it in the mail. The entire thing was painted, even the seal area and the splines! So I sandblasted it all off, then look what I found...
Yes, they replaced it once I showed them the pics. But that isn't the point - how on earth could they let this kind of crap leave their building? They knew it was shit, and if it wasn't for my knowledge of differentials, I would have installed it and used it. They wanted to see if I would tell the difference I guess. The next one they sent me in the mail was good, but the splines and pinion seal area was still painted! That's how they install their pinion flanges I guess. I asked them why they painted it like that, and they said for rust prevention :bullshit:. Why not just use oil for rust prevention...how do you think shipments from china to USA prevent rust...OIL!
Here's another one - a used cross shaft. It was worn under 2 thou and the yokes had ground away the center of the shaft. They gave me a credit, but that still isn't the point...they tried to pull a fast one on me, and with my knowledge, I nailed them:1st:
Okay, here's another one. I bought offset arms from the same vendor, and installed them on the chassis. I tested out how the poly bushings were working, then pulled them out to see what was going on. I noticed that the washers were now really warped and one of the bushing cups was being pushed out of the arm. So I took the bushing off to see what was wrong. Get a load of this - I was able to tap my bushing cups out with a few small taps of a hammer. And this was with the powdercoating still inside the hole...Once I removed the powdercoating (which is thick stuff), I was able to wiggle the cups in side to side and there was play, what a joke. They said they always press their cups in , yeah right. There arms have terrible quality control, and I have to modify them to make them fit. My frame pockets are in prefect condition. The bushing cups didn't even meet up in the middle when I pulled the cups out - there was an 1/8'' gap, which is total crap. I am installing rubber bushings in the arms right now as well as in the struts rods, as they are not good for twisting action. How do they expect their bushing cups to sit flat and fully press in all the way when it looks like this...
The lip of the cups extends above this surface (you can see on the left of the picture where the piece of pipe is below the surface of the metal), and they do not sit flat when pressed in, yet they still installed them? I am still working on them, but they will be done properly this time. I don't install crap on my vette, and I never will.
