BellHorsepower Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Is the 3-link suspension the same on a 65 gs as it is on my 64? I've finally found a rear axle from a 65 GS but unfortunately can't check it out in person so i need to know if it is gonna be a direct swap or not ASAP I do not want to let this one get away ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted "Wildcat65" Nagel Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Is it a 65 Skylark GS? then no If its a 65 Riviera GS then yes, should be no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BellHorsepower Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 It's from a 65 Riviera GS ,Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted "Wildcat65" Nagel Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Nice find. that will work great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BellHorsepower Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 Not such a nice find...Rear end was at Cars inc. and turns out that it was a consignment item and "out at some guys farm " and they could not give me a price on shipping.So I got an estimate on shipping myself and it was $760.00 <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> ...Back to square one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_65gs76limited Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 OUCH!!! Going price for a 3:42 drum to drum set up is about 500.00.I would waite until i found one local or not to far away that you could pick up yourself. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BJM Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 What other makes ring/pinion etc's work in the full size Buick? Could someone provide interchange? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BellHorsepower Posted March 2, 2007 Author Share Posted March 2, 2007 Easier said than done Tom...I've been looking for a year.I've found two so far ...The first was a chick in italy that had a posi center section for a 9 3/8 that she bought from a guy at V8 buick.com and it didn't fit her car.And now this one in New Jersey. I should just go with another type of rear and fabricate the mounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BellHorsepower Posted March 2, 2007 Author Share Posted March 2, 2007 3jakes ,i've heard that there are different carrier sizes so that not all parts interchange between 9 3/8 centers.But I've no idea if this is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Are the "carrier sizes" you're talking about the actual ring gear diameters or the thickness of the mounting flange on the carrier that the ring gear bolts to? In some cases, the ring gear diameters can vary a little (as in the 3rd Gen Camaro starting with 7.50" ring gears and ending up using 7 5/8" ring gears in the later years), but I highly suspect in the case of Buicks that there is only one ring gear diameter per se. Similar to some of the early Chevy "10-bolt" axles having and 8.20" ring gear diameter and the later ones being 8.50" ring gear diameter.Now, there is a total "build thickness" of the ring gear and the mounting flange on the differential carrier which must be maintained due to the basic architecture of the situation AND how in relates to the diameter of the pinion gear. This means that different axle ratio "ranges" will use a common mounting flange thickness on the differential carrier housing. This would mean that, for example, gear ratios of 2.7 to 3.2 would use one thickness and 3.4 to 3.73 would use another, with 3.91 to 4.33 using a different one than the others. I might have gotten those gear ratio ranges a little different than in actual practice, but you can see what I'm talking about in that not all differential carriers (limited slip or open) will accept and work with all gear ratios. In the aftermarket, with the deeper gears, they usually supply a spacer between the ring gear and the differential carrier's mounting flange to keep the build thickness (I mentioned above) the same as it was for the original gear ratio.Just some thoughts,NTX5467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1965rivgs Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Hi Bell, You dont need the entire rear axle to do the swap. The center section drops out of the axle housing. I shipped a center section from Chicago to Washington state via FedEx for just over $100. An added benefit of this type of carrier is you can bolt it into your housing and you dont need to set it up. It is already setup up as a carrier "unit". Good luck, Tom Mooney ROA #56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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