I have a 1968 Camaro with a 383 stroker (crate from JEGS) 4 speed manual. My rear end is a 10 bolt (I believe it is an 8.2"). This is my daily driver so I need to get her back on the road as soon as possible. I was driving down the road and there was a very loud pop. Initially I thought my transmission blew since it wouldn't move after putting it into gear. When loading her onto the tow truck I noticed a few dents on my rear end cover. When I opened it up my spyder gears were laying on the bottom of my differential and my differential shaft was in several pieces. One of my spyder gears are destroyed and the other looks perfectly fine. The differential housing is damaged on one side so it will need to be replaced. It is not a high performance one and I am pretty sure it might be an original. I am trying to find a good replacement but do not need a high performance racing one. I attached a pic of when I opened the rear. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
1968 Camaro rear end trouble
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If you have the 3.08 gear then you have a 3 series differential. Checking the gear ratio is easy with the cover off. Count the teeth on the ring gear and on the pinion gear. Divide the number on the ring gear by the number on the pinion gear. That is the ratio. If you have a 2.73 then you have a 2 series differential. 3.08 to 4.56 uses a 3 series differential. All 8.2 rear ends have 28 spline axles, so that isn't a problem. The '64 rear ends had slightly different splines, so avoid them.
Robert, you can check your local craigslist and should be able to find one. I checked but did not see anything really close to you.
Here is one but not sure exactly where, you might have to call. It has similar gears to what you have now. Could add a posi later.
http://charleston.craigslist.org/pts/3142687247.html
When you do a swap to an 8.5 you will have to check the driveshaft length and might have to have that changed.
Here is one but not sure exactly where, you might have to call. It has similar gears to what you have now. Could add a posi later.
http://charleston.craigslist.org/pts/3142687247.html
When you do a swap to an 8.5 you will have to check the driveshaft length and might have to have that changed.
Don't want to step on any toes, but to me it appeared Robert was basically soliciting an offer to get going as quickly and cheaply as possible. Any offer I saw to sell him one was made cheaply and also listed caveats that they were either too far away or that shipping it would make it too expensive for him. I realize the board rules but sometimes there are gray areas and everyone was just trying to help, although a "wanted" thread would be best.
But I do agree that an 8.2 isn't worth selling.
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Didn't mean to get anyone in trouble or anything. I am just trying to find out a way to get my car fixed and back on the road ASAP. I am going to a car show tomorrow and hopefully I can try to track something down. Thanks for all your help guys. Hopefully I can get her fixed soon.
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Nobody is getting in trouble and no toes are being stepped on guys. Robert was looking for advice and ya maybe his wording could be read as "does anyone have" but he never came right out and asked. On the other hand 3 replied "I can sell you..."Don't want to step on any toes, but to me it appeared Robert was basically soliciting an offer to get going as quickly and cheaply as possible. Any offer I saw to sell him one was made cheaply and also listed caveats that they were either too far away or that shipping it would make it too expensive for him. I realize the board rules but sometimes there are gray areas and everyone was just trying to help, although a "wanted" thread would be best.
But I do agree that an 8.2 isn't worth selling.
I know the intent to help was first over the intent to unload but to our supporting vendors it can be viewed as members are allowed to sell in the forums and they are not. The goal is to keep the tech forums for tech Q&A and if we back off then when you ask "Whats the best _____ ?" or "What _____ should I install?" you will be met with advertising not testomony!
It's a small inconvience on everyones part, the vendors have their own forums and we have classified forums and a classified area and when a member asks "Where can I get ____? and you have what they are looking for send them a PM!
I hope that makes some sense...
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So I found a "1969 Camaro 10 Bolt with 355 gear, 5 on 3 3/4 open rear end, 60" axle flange to axle flange. Needs brake pads and perches". Would I just be able to use the guts of the differential and stuff in my 308 rear end?
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If you change the differential case then you have to set the backlash and bearing preload, just like installing a posi. If you change the gears inside the differential case then you can do what you said, but you said in your original post that the differential case is damaged. You are going to have to change the differential and set the backlash and bearing preload or you are going to have to changethe whole rear end.
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Would I still have to set the backlash and bearing preload if I took out the same differential with the gears already installed in it or if they preloaded? Or is it just something you have to do either way?
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If you take the differential out of the rear end that is in the car now and put the same one back in then you will just have to put the shims back in the same place that they came from. You don't have to reset anything. You said that this differential case is damaged, so you will have to replace it anyway, which means you have to reset the backlash and bearing preload when you replace it.
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This should be my last question. I was able to get a little bit higher of a budget and am looking online at some sites for different parts. If all I need is the differential case with the gears in it can I take off the Ring gear from my old differential case and put it on the new one without having to know exactly what the spline and ratio I have? I planned on re-using my ring and pinion gears since they had no damage on them at all. Is this possible or am I not grasping this concept at all? I should be pulling everything out tomorrow afternoon because I want to make sure I buy the right thing.
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Just found out i have a 2.73 gears in my rear end. Now I am looking on updating to the 3.08 now. Thanks for all the help Ill let you guys know what ends up getting done.
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So I found a complete rear end from a 1972 Nova with multileaf springs brakes and tires. Since my camaro has single leaf will I be able to bolt this new rear end and just upgrade to the multi leaf setup or is there something else that needs to be done to fit it. Thanks again for the help.
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The '72 will have the 1310 u joint, so your drive shaft might work with no modifications. Many people have to get the drive shaft shortened by about 1 inch to get the right amount of movement in the transmission after installing the 8.5 rear end. As for the springs, multi leaf Camaro springs will do the job. I don't know if the Nova springs are exactly the same, but they might be.
You'll probably need to have your driveshaft shortened about 1" and re-balanced (cost me about $80). You may also want/need to swap out the lower spring/shock plates for multi-leaf plates, but several folks have re-used their mono plates without issues. Heck, if you use a lowering block as a spacer to make up the difference in spring thickness, you may even be able to re-use your monoleaf springs for now. Brakes will swap over between the 8.2" and 8.5" so use whichever is in better shape.
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