How to remove totque tube?

[Jim Nelson]

Gdmn852,   With the stock 49 rear end you can get a better rear ratio.  You have a ‘removable’ torque tube.   You can get a later dynaflo ratio and make your car decent enough to run on the highway.   BTW,  I am a VERY BIG FAN of NOT running my straight 8 engines over 3000 rpm for anything except passing of a slow car.   You can change the third member to something like a 3.6 (standard tranny ratio).   I think you can use a 3.41 ratio from a dynaflo rear.  (‘54’ rear).   Makes your car good on the highway.   With dynaflo tranny, you can use the lower ratio’s and still accelerate nicely.  No one knows as the up grades are hidden.   Since you have a post war Buick, they make a disc brake mod.   That will give you fade free heavy stopping so you don’t bend any sheet metal.   If nothing else, you can just bolt in - 2-1/4” wide front brakes (later - around early 50’s) for great stopping.   As you know, your car does a greater degree of stopping with the front brakes.   The rear’s just come along to keep the back end from locking up and making neat tire tracks on the street.  I am a BIG fan of good brakes on our old cars.  My world of +million people, plus way to many tourist who have no idea where they are going and the rest are to old - - 

[Jack Worstell]

Jim...what is the part number ( or other ID )   for  the two bearings for the pinion shaft     1937   Buick  Special. ?

 

Thanks  Jack Worstell            jlwmaster@aol.com

[gdmn852]

Hello I might be able to answer the bearings numbers in a couple of days ,when I take apart my 1949 differential.

[Jack Worstell]

70sWagoneers...….did you replace the pinions bearings because they were noisy ??

 

Jack Worstell         jlwmaster@aol.com

[gdmn852]

Hello going to change out the whole differential carrier with another,have the rear end out of car ,pinion bearings feel rough when turning drive shaft going to take it apart just to check it out once I get the other one in.

[Jack Worstell]

Where can I get the two pinion bearings for 1937 Special  ?

 

Jack Worstell     jlwmaster@aol.com

[Jim Nelson]

Got mine from OlCar bearings.    1-910-693-3324   George Bachleda.   Good pricing and he is here on the east coast - not california - - -