Removing rear end for upgrade - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

vinsZR-1 · 05-19-2011

Need help with removing the rear end. Has anybody done it on their own. I have everything disconnected but not sure about lowering the rear end. Is their anything to know about the motor and tranny ?

Coupe89 · 05-19-2011

I've done it on my 89 when I did the Dana 44 swap.
I used "transmission jack" on the rear end to lower it out.
I forget what I used on the transmission or the motor from moving. It may come back to me later

902066 · 05-19-2011

I have pulled the center section and batwing of my rear end for a gear swap. I have a Quik Lift which is ideal for this job. Held the back of the tranny up with the Quik lift bridge and a small bottle jack, lowered the rear center section and batwing with the floor jack. If your not taking out the 1/2 shafts and knuckles it's pretty easy. Undoing u-joints and pulling drive shaft is easy, hardest part is wrestling with the support beam.

HAWAIIZR-1 · 05-25-2011

http://www.zr1.net/forum/showthread....t=differential

Here is the info from when you asked a few years ago. If these tips are not helping I'm not sure what else to recommend. It is just hung up in the mounts when you remove the bolts from the top since you mention that everything is off already and it just does not want to lower?

05-19-2011	#1
vinsZR-1 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Jeannette Pa Posts: 61	Removing rear end for upgrade Need help with removing the rear end. Has anybody done it on their own. I have everything disconnected but not sure about lowering the rear end. Is their anything to know about the motor and tranny ? __________________ vinsZR-1

05-19-2011	#2
Coupe89 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Livermore, Ca Posts: 204	Re: Removing rear end for upgrade I've done it on my 89 when I did the Dana 44 swap. I used "transmission jack" on the rear end to lower it out. I forget what I used on the transmission or the motor from moving. It may come back to me later __________________ 1990 ZR-1 #642 Last edited by Coupe89; 05-19-2011 at 06:21 PM.

05-19-2011	#3
902066 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 190	Re: Removing rear end for upgrade I have pulled the center section and batwing of my rear end for a gear swap. I have a Quik Lift which is ideal for this job. Held the back of the tranny up with the Quik lift bridge and a small bottle jack, lowered the rear center section and batwing with the floor jack. If your not taking out the 1/2 shafts and knuckles it's pretty easy. Undoing u-joints and pulling drive shaft is easy, hardest part is wrestling with the support beam.

05-25-2011	#4
HAWAIIZR-1 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Japan Posts: 3,582	Re: Removing rear end for upgrade http://www.zr1.net/forum/showthread....t=differential Here is the info from when you asked a few years ago. If these tips are not helping I'm not sure what else to recommend. It is just hung up in the mounts when you remove the bolts from the top since you mention that everything is off already and it just does not want to lower? __________________ Craig "ZR-1 NO KA 'OI" "ZR-1 ICHIBAN" 1995 #228 Black/Black with Dunn Heads ZR-1 owner since September 2003 ZR-1 Net Registry Founding Member #0074 NCM Lifetime Member #2048