For those who haven't seen my original thread on this, I was goosin the TA the other day and hit second gear and as you can see, spun the rear end. And busted a shock mount.

















Busted shock mount

That makes me sick to even look at, Rich!
Hope things work out for ya!
Get that beauty moving again!

Jeez, that's some nasty looking carnage, Rich!

Hope you get'er back up and running soon.

Pete

so what happened? did the leaf spring center pins break?
or the tube its self separate from the pumkin case?, i see a lil grease around the axle tube,

I broek the welds around the pumpkin that hold it to he outer shafts. And pulled the shock out of it's socket as well. Everything else is fine, no damage, except maybe some internals in the rear end.

Rich,
That was rough to look at. Hope it all works out for you. Good luck with getting her back on the road soon!

OK, rear end came in today. My mechanic said it looked to be in pretty good shape. He'll be pulling the rear cover off, giving it a once over and then new grease. Hopefully, if everything goes well, I may have the car back Thursday, I think the biggest factor right now is the shock mount, which something needs to be fabricated to fix it. Luckily my mechanic is a fabricator too!

Oh, the rear end is a '77 posi-trac 3.23.

Hey Rich..might want to talk to your mechanic about those vice grips pinchin off the brake line

ouch, man that brings back memories , my brother did that to his 57 chevy in a parking lot years ago. hope it all comes back together brother.

The rear end from Bighooch arrived yesterday and looks to be in good order. New grease will be put in and it seems that she's going back together tomorrow, Thursday 3/20/08. If things go well, I'll probably pick her up Friday. I will, of course, take pics of the new setup when done

Some good news and some bad news. Good news, I picked the car up today and she rides totally different. Very smooth, quiet, feels good and solid!

The bad news, they could not "fix" the shock mount... totally. They have a temporary fix in place which is solid but it's not the correct way. I'll be taking the car down to a body shop early next week to see what damage this will cause the pocket book. The mechanic indicated that the frame is rusted..... <pause, deep breath, inhale, exhale> so, I need to see what we are looking at. It could be just a small patch where the shock mount is, he doesn't know how far it goes. The frame is solid through out the rest of the car so I was surprised when he indicated this area was rusted up which helped to contribute to the shock breaking lose. I'll get some pics this weekend, I have class tonight.