1963 rearend removal

[Bob W.]

With the body on the frame can I remove the front half of the rearend without removing the spring and rear crossmember. if not any easy and safe way to remove the spring / crossmember /rear as one unit ??? thanks

[Edward J.]

Re: 1963 rearend removal

Bob, the best way to do any work on the 63 rear end is to remove the entire assy. If you need step by step let me know.

[Bob W.]

Re: 1963 rearend removal

Ed thank you for the reply iam just looking for an easy way without removing everything piece by piece thanks again Bob

[Joe R.]

Re: 1963 rearend removal

Bob,

In answer to your question. Yes, it is possible to remove the front of the rear end leaving the rear cover and spring in place. I've acomplished this many times and it seems simple to me to do it this way.
The task is installing the heavy rear and can be accomplished by cutting off some long bolt heads and use two of them as guides when trying to get the heavy rear aligned.

JR

[Bob W.]

Re: 1963 rearend removal

Joe thank you for the reply it looked like it could be done this way but I wasn't sure if there was enough room in front thanks to all Bob