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Originally Posted by CycloneFE
I do know of the headaches of the 12 bolts and the Danas, BUT I was at St Louis at a National and witnessed David Rampy break a ring and pinion in his stock Camaro. He and one other fellow had it changed and were qualified a couple of hours later. It was all done right there in the pits, no shop, no fancy stuff, just hard work and a procedure that had obviously been used before.
I guess I am saying there are ways around everything, look and you will find it.
By the way any header suggestions for an FE would be greatly appreciated, PM me.
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A lot of guys who run Danas or 12 bolts have a spare ring and pinion already set up to the housing with the correct shims. Carry an inch pound wrench to set the bearing drag and some seals, gaskets and your ready to go. Its a simple deal then to just clean out the broken mess and swap in the new parts. Ive set up rears over the years ahead of time and have done just this same thing. Beats trying to do it in the dirt. Not everyone has a stacker trailer with a lift or a friend who has one. As in Kens case I would have had a spare (Iron) third member in the trailer already to go in case of breakage or crap like happened to him in tech. It would have saved a lot of grief and shipping charges. Probably enough to cover the cost of another carrier.
I agree that the rule book isnt clear BUT if it dosent say you can do something then you should not.