Heres my situation, I have a 72 nova with 10 bolt 8.5" 3.08 geared open rear. I have a posi that is out of a 1975 chevelle with also a 8.5" (2.73 geared) I remover only the posi out of the chevelle and now I want to put it in the nova with 3.73s on a budget.
So the plan was to just reuse the bearings and everything else and just install the posi and 3.73s with a budget shim/crush sleeve/etc. kit.
The problem is I dont know what to do now. I thought I could get the pinion bearing off the 3.08 pinion to use on the 3.73 pinion, but it looks hard to get it off without damageing it. So i will get new pinion bearing. But now what do about the two side carrier bearings. Everything looks good so it is reusable. I was going to reuse those too. Are those pressed on also? so if i use those ones on the posi, what races do I use? becouse the original ones for the posi were mixed up. Could I get new races(or cups w/e their called) and use the old bearings with them? Or should I make my best guess on which side went to whcih(50% chance lol), what the worst that can happen with the wrong race on wrong bearing? or use the one cups in he nova now with the bearings on the posi?
Looking for ideas/opinions on what to do. Any help greatly appreciated
So the plan was to just reuse the bearings and everything else and just install the posi and 3.73s with a budget shim/crush sleeve/etc. kit.
The problem is I dont know what to do now. I thought I could get the pinion bearing off the 3.08 pinion to use on the 3.73 pinion, but it looks hard to get it off without damageing it. So i will get new pinion bearing. But now what do about the two side carrier bearings. Everything looks good so it is reusable. I was going to reuse those too. Are those pressed on also? so if i use those ones on the posi, what races do I use? becouse the original ones for the posi were mixed up. Could I get new races(or cups w/e their called) and use the old bearings with them? Or should I make my best guess on which side went to whcih(50% chance lol), what the worst that can happen with the wrong race on wrong bearing? or use the one cups in he nova now with the bearings on the posi?
Looking for ideas/opinions on what to do. Any help greatly appreciated