How To Remove C4 Corvette Differential

[@georges9919]

Dude, you are absolutely incredible. Excellent content and extremely helpful for us C4 owners.

[@mycorvettelife]

Thank you!

[@keithp115]

Real men spend their time in the garage on the 4th of July. Nice job Chris, and hope you and all your subs had a wonderful holiday!

[@mycorvettelife]

Thanks

[@45auto82]

God, Chris! You are FEARLESS when it comes to repairs aren’t you? I don’t anybody who would attempt to remove then service a differential. Love the fact nothing is out of bounds for you. Great job on the cars, good luck on the sale of this one!

[@mycorvettelife]

Thanks

[@keithcooper9087]

Oh my! Great job. That looks like a task & then some! You make it look much too easy! Keep the content going!!!

[@ricklipford8762]

Wow another great video Chris really enjoyed it. To be honest you are better than some of the mechanics that I know around here

[@mycorvettelife]

Thank you. 🙏🏻

[@markfurchtenicht8274]

Should have changed the differential ratio to perk it up just a bit nothing crazy like I did to my 94. Went from 2.59 to 3.54 . What a difference. Still just 2000 rpm at 60 mph. Seat of the pants difference puts a smile on your face. You will have to have a tech change difference in speedometer calibration in computer. Well worth it. Thank you for the video! 👍

[@mycorvettelife]

I’m selling the car so I’m not going through the trouble of doing that.

[@mrphiscal]

I can smell the diff fluid from nyc. (Trust me that smell is strong). Great job chris.

[@mycorvettelife]

Yep!

[@henryquintana5562]

Chris, why not change the side seals, you've gone this far. You are changing the rubber bushings and they look good to me on the video. Just like in your C5 you changed the seals, those get a lot of wear. Keep up the good work. 👍

[@mycorvettelife]

There is no play in the side yokes which means the seals are good. The rubber bushings are cracked and hard.

[@colt5189]

@@mycorvettelife Yeah, I would change those batwing bushings while it's off the car. Might as well.

[@alaneasterday8327]

Like the shirt. Just received my flag hash and retro c4 shirts, very good quality material. Enjoyed the vlog!👍👌

[@mycorvettelife]

Thanks!

[@davidbaize4825]

Hey Chris!!! Nice job 👍. Only question in my mind is that you said you have sold the car, why do all the work on the car?

[@mycorvettelife]

It’s not sold yet, but it is for sale. I bought the car for the purpose of making content. Once I’m done, I’m selling to move onto the next project.

[@jrparker4804]

@@mycorvettelife Chris, we certainly appreciate the content. Great stuff. I also think you should pick up a C3 and make all sorts of content. There’s a gazillion of them around the world and people love them, even though they ride like lumber wagons 😇 Or get a C8! Love the shirt too 🇺🇸

[@colt5189]

I'm glad my differential carrier has never leaked. I'm fixing to change the gear oil again. This time I'll be putting in Amsoil as I bet this will be the last time I change it. On the ujoints, I recommend getting the Spicer ujoints that are for aluminum shafts. I'd also get new Spicer ujoint bolts and straps as they are cheap. I wonder if that carrier has been taken apart before? The sealant on mine is black. whereas yours is orange like something someone got from the auto parts store. I've been thinking for a while of changing my shocks. As mine originally came with the sport package with the Bilstein. Which I still have that on the rear, though the previous owner replaced the front shocks with some kind of red painted shocks. I'd probably get KYB as I don't have an interest in spending $80 per shock. Plus I've read the KYB shocks give a little softer ride than the Bilstein.

[@phillymikea]

Love the shirt! Excellent work as always Chris!

[@mycorvettelife]

Thanks

[@jimharrow8104]

Great job.. Are gaskets not readily available for the diff ??? Was wondering why the sealant...

[@mycorvettelife]

I asked the same question. Gaskets are available, but the factory used sealant.

[@dougekren6495]

Great video Chris, is that bottom bolt on the diff a drain hole ? If not you could drill it out. Let me know please and thank you.

[@mycorvettelife]

No, no drain in this diff. Only way to drain the fluid is to either suck it out the fill hole or take the cover off.

[@jameshale5331]

Chris my brother, 'YOU the MAN'!! Have followed/enjoyed all your posts, would've sold my '86 for a parts car, then found your channel. Hadn't been driven in YEARS! Turns out it needs a fuel tank, float/pump assy, and I feel stoked to do the work myself, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!! I honestly considered buying(trying to buy), your car, but mine was a great driver back in the day, I'd LOVE to see her 'strut her stuff' once again! The build sheet for my car shows the Z51 code...found out thats the perf handling pkg, where can I go to find specific info on the pkg? What I have found out is my car has 3.08:1 rear gears vice 2.73:1, limited-slip wasn't specified, neither was susp spring rates, roll-bar diam, stuff like that... whats a good source for legit info? If you have to, PLEASE, thanks in advance, leave it in a reply. Lastly, I REALLY dug the music backing-track on this post! Who is that, I'd like to hear more of their music if its like that cut!! Again, thanks, man, I've enjoyed you doing what you do, keep it up, I'll keep checking you out; JB!

[@mycorvettelife]

Z51 had bigger brakes and different shocks. Glad I could help out!

[@jameshale5331]

@@mycorvettelife Chris thanks for your response! My email is at [e-mail], dont have to have on-going dialog if you don't want to, I'm just dedicated to get this car back on the road. Tank, float and pump are on order, installing LED rear lenses and pwr antenna also while I have access. If you would; PLEASE; send emails, if you want to; about fuel sys and susp mods you thing might apply, I won't respond unless you're cool with that. I would like to upgrade to 17" tires/whls... what do you think? Not planning to ditch car unless budget(or wife) makes me homeless!(lol) Other than that, I want to get it back running and drive it 'till the wheels fall off!! Thanks again man!!

[@WORRO]

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing 👍🏻~John

[@legod1717]

Wow that’s awesome! You make it look so simple. Great job!👍

[@mycorvettelife]

Thanks

[@marcusweathers5867]

Great video I have a question both my pinions are worn out on my differential would you rebuild it or replace the entire assembly my mechanic quoted me $2,400 to rebuild it ? is it cheaper to replace it with a used one?...what would you do...please advise..ty

[@brettweltz8135]

I have a 95 c4 Convertible, looking to get new exhaust. Im debating on wether or not to get high flow cats or just straight pipe it?

[@mycorvettelife]

Hi flow cars with muffler delete.

[@turbobird2000]

I replaced my C4 diff by leaving the bat wing in the car. That left the spring and tie rods in place. But my C4 was hit in the rear and a little bent back there ( got it really cheap with 60k miles so I didn’t care…). Got a replacement diff from fleebay. Went back up in the car with the bat wing still in the car. All depends on what you trying to get done.

[@larrybud]

So you're saying it's possible to fix a sealant leak without removal of the whole thing?

[@eddiebrown9590]

OK great,, BUT Chris, why did you need to split the housing ? was there a leak ? i could not see one.. and when you have lots of access like that use a wire wheel on a drill to clean, way easier than a blade and a better job. Ok mate keep it coming enjoy your stuff.. Hey when you look at C4,s they really are not that hard to work on for a lot of things... Eddie C4 Australia.

[@mycorvettelife]

Yes, it was leaking pretty badly.

[@ilovethephilippines8991]

@@mycorvettelife OK, Thanks mate.....

[@themcandrews5862]

Great Video Chris, Like the shirt! Got mine a few days ago 👍👊😎

[@mycorvettelife]

Nice! Thanks

[@richarddobreny6664]

was there anything else inside the diff that needs to be done? so you’re putting in a synthetic gear fluid ?

[@mycorvettelife]

It appears to be fine. I inspected the side seals and they look good. I’ll be using Royal Purple synthetic.

[@dsicher123]

Wow - they should have made that easier! Seemed to be low on fluid? Someone is going to get a brand new Corvette!

[@mycorvettelife]

It’s way easier than C5. Yea it’s been leaking since before I owned the car.

[@miketdarnell]

@@mycorvettelife I was wondering why you took it off. Is it possible you could've removed the Dana from the batwing while it was still on the car? Just asking.

[@larrybud]

What's your go-to clean up process on something like this? (6:00)

[@45auto82]

Bet using a jellied paint remover would make short work of that sealant!

[@stevediduck9963]

great job Chris. Will we be seeing you reassemble The unit? I always find thing easy to take apart. Some times reassemble is a little more difficult. Look forward to watching you do that. Was going to ask you where you find all your extra time. Noticed that part was done at night. Do you ever sleep? So many ? It was nice of a friend to give you a hand. Steve

[@breeanndraper2296]

Sometimes he doesn't get much sleep. He works really hard on these projects and recording and editing the videos.

[@mycorvettelife]

Yes I will be doing a reassemble video.

[@cksfixesmadesimple1036]

Why did you feel you needed to change it

[@manfredwhite9418]

Gteat Video

[@phillymikea]

Love the shirt! Excellent work as always Chris!

[@mycorvettelife]

Thanks