Jack aus Maine möchte mit seiner 66er C2 Europa bereisen - Tipps?

[Porter]

Hi Jack, I prepared a still live Pic for you.
So you can see in advance whats hopefully not happens to you or to your car


New Muncie, new diff, new tires, new u-joints, new startermotor, new .....

Good Luck while fixing your car , ...............

[Oerg]

Good luck for the new job!!!

[Jack Panzica]

Hi to all my wonderful friends out there in German / Swiss Corvette Land

I would love to have some one do the repairs, but I thought this would be a good time to have all the forum members come along for the ride. A lift would make it much easier, but that is not going to happen.

Today I turn the heat on in the garage, set the stage for major surgery, take photos for the before and as I do each step.

If I get into trouble , I will call for help, mostly , it is good to have an extra set of hands, if not just to drag me out from under the car.

It will also be a testament to modern Human Replacement Parts.

I have both hips and knees that have new joints, both wrists and ankles have been worked on and lets not even talk about my shoulders.

If I can drive Thousands of miles, fix my car, go to the gym, then so can many of you out there who may be putting off such work.

Give yourself a life.....if you need it, get it done...

Pictures to follow later today ....waiting for the garage to warm up..

Jack

[Jack Panzica]

So it begins...Day 1

I started today working on the car. Turned on heater in garage, keeps it about 50* if outside is below 32* and warmer if above.

First goal was to jack up car to view damage if possible

Next remove mufflers
Next to remove half shafts

Time 3 hours . One problem was not being able to rotate wheels more than 1 / 4 turn. That made unbolting haft shafts difficult because of small turns of wrench at odd angles on u-joint nuts.

There is little doubt that my rear end is dead.....

Now what to do next. Carrier bolts from cross member will never come out. It will be very difficult to unbolt the rear from carrier as there is no room to get at top bolts.

My sombreros are shot (48 years old) the only way I will get the rear out of the car is to take off the cross member with the rear end.

All the components (Strut rods bushing shot) , springs, drive shaft, have to be take off to drop the rear.

I am on my back doing this. Any suggestion on my next days work will be welcome. I am soaking all in penetrating oil .

Here some pictures of today's work

Car is ready



Getting ready



Up it goes and I hope not down on me



Stable I hope



Wheels off for room, but had to put them back on to rotate wheel



Haft Shafts Off ...one little turn at a time because or lock up of rear



This is the view - what to take off first ?



End of the day

[Jack Panzica]

Day 2

Hello and good Evening to all. 8:30 pm

I put in 3 1/2 hours or work today and quit around 2:30 pm . I had to stop because of lack of a shock knocker, ( found one tonight) and it was time to stand up.

Goals for today:

Take off rear spring without killing myself
Take off Strut bracket and rods ,
Need shock knocker to remove strut rod from spindle arm
and bracket

I was able to remove rear spring using a simple method of two jacks, one to hold trailing arm and one to compress spring in order to release tension on bolts.

I was also able to remove strut bracket , but had to leave in place until I can remove rods from spindle with shock knocker.

Once strut bracket is removed, I will remove snubber bushing , disconnect drive shaft and make decision on cross member removal/carrier removal to take out rear.

Here are the pictures

Support of spring / TA , jack is holding up shock mount not rotor



Unbolting nut by compressing spring with jack



Lower spring jack and down comes spring freeing bolt



Bolt free of spring and can now be pushed up and out



Spring can now be unbolted from carrier



Spring can now be removed



Shocks are freed from spindle , but left bolted on top



Rear End now free , ready for next days work , once strut bracket is removed when rods are free of shock mounts.



Parts on the floor, good 2 days work (7 hours slow me ) without any broken bolts !

[Yankeededandy]

Love watching you do this. I wonder what kind of surprise will be waiting within the rear housing.

Martin

[Jack Panzica]

Day 3 "The Great Journey moving along"

Happy New Year to one and all !

Garage on got to 48* today, not bad, since it was 18* when I turned the heat on. Started at 4 PM , lots of other errands to do.

Stopped at 6 pm about 2 hours work today. After all it is NYE.

Today the goal was to remove the strut rod bracket intact. The rods are attached to the TA and the strut mount must be knocked out of the TA in order to release rod from spindle assembly.

I had also hoped to remove the snub bushing which would have allowed me to disconnect the drive shaft. That was not to happen , ran out of time and I could not figure out how to attach a wrench to the bolt that hold the snub bushing, The nut is easy to get to, but without locking the top of bolt , it will just spin.

I will just crack nut or cut it of and pull down snub bracket. Disconnect drive shaft and then the FUN Begins. See that Crow Bar, Soon we do the " Sombrero Dance"

Cheers Jack

We may need this soon !



Home made "Shock Knocker "



Punch to finish job after heat and a few hard whacks with a hammer



Rod now free of spindle assembly



High Tech Tools Shock Mount is out and looks a little bent after 48 years




Strut Bracket Intact and free of rear and spindle



Day 3 Parts Collection



The "Sombrero Dance " Tomorrow if I can move....

[meStefan]

Andere stellen zum Überwintern die Karre einfach nur in die Garage...


Jack, I love your Tread!
Happy new Year!

Mfg. meStefan

[Jack Panzica]

Here's another link to the "Sombrero" article:

https://www.lbfun.com/warehouse/tech_inf...oDance.pdf

:thumbs:

Thank you, John and Happy New Years

Day 4 11:15 am New Years Day

The "Sombrero Dance " Today ...I hope the nuts turn ! I read the article , my pry bar is not Super Charged as in the article....lol

https://www.lbfun.com/warehouse/tech_inf...oDance.pdf




I will be back with update & pictures in a few hours :cheers:

Jack

[Woodpecker61]

Original von meStefan
Andere stellen zum Überwintern die Karre einfach nur in die Garage...


Jack, I love your Tread!
Happy new Year!

Mfg. meStefan

naja es kann halt nicht jeder einen Schraubenschluessel bedienen, muss ja auch nicht.