Street Racing Channel Falcon is down! "Possible Rear End Noise, Check and advise."

[@LucoreAuto]

Some failures are more impressive than others, this particular one was... pretty spectacular! Always happy to help keep the SRC Fleet out there on there A game!

[@kevin_nagle]

What did you get for pinion bearing preload? Didn't see you check it, only saw you tighten the pinion nut with an impact gun. What was the pinion bearing preload?

[@chrisrommel2448]

That’s because the falcon is trying to spit out that Chevy eng. So it breaks bassicly the same thing

[@jonathanlawson4667]

@@chrisrommel2448 Ford engine wouldn't have enough power to strip that pinion off anyway 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sykwookiee]

@@jonathanlawson4667 Just stop with the brand loyalty...it shows that you have no mechanical knowledge...Ford has a plethora of powerful engines, so does Chrysler, and Chevy does too...and it wasn't the engine that failed...twas the third member...could have happened with any engine 🙄 if you don't think that there are some badass Fords out there, check out the Bad Apple on John Docs KZbin channel...it'll be fun...

[@jonathanlawson4667]

@@sykwookiee everything I stated is 100 percent verifiable facts and I'm a ASE certified master tech of 24yrs and you internet mechanics are idiots and it shows in your comments bro but go off with the shadetree mechanic logic

[@garylucier6817]

Tommy (and SRC), got really lucky actually that the pinion pretty much exactly sheared the way it did,and how it did, on that pass since it happened at the big end instead of during a burnout, since it was after the scrambler button hit at almost full speed. Shattered so many teeth off that pinion that there was pretty much nothing left to lock it up at full speed. Could have been very dangerous and a lot more costly...Count your lucky stars Tommy as you still have 8 more lives left. The guys at Lucore did a great job, really know thier stuff, and took a lot of time to clean it properly and did a fantastic extremely well done ring/pinion and race quality setup job...Real Quality Work, and a great well done quality video of most of the full process to boot! That Falcon is gonna fly now. Tommy, I hope you bracket race it a couple of times to get a few heat cycles into it before Billy tells you to reach for that scrambler button, and it will last a few events longer young man. That small break in period with a number of heat cycles, is really needed on fresh ring and pinion meat, especially with a nice tight spool. Keep it sunny side up and without side panel scuff marks. That Technician knows his stuff, TY for letting us watch sir. Great Job! Long time ago I lost a few Ring gear teeth in a heavy car on the big end at 117 MPH, Chry 8-3/4" 4.30 gear ratio...Did not wreck it, but sure went for a shorts dirtying, high octane, heart pumping, high blood pressure ride. Glad yours only went clang and thump, and your ride to a stop was not anywhere near as abrupt boy!

[@MrBayoubig]

Yeah my dad locked a Dana 44 up at 60 going to work the pin came out that hold spider gears and grabbed housing locking it up tighter than dicks hatband lol

[@cosmicwarrior62]

You guys do great work. It's been years since I dived into a differential. I worked on heavy trucks in my youth. The information gained from you channel are refreshing to this old man. Keep up the good work over there. Take care.

[@tbirdracer460]

Followed over to your channel from the SRC garage. I’m a car guy and enjoy the in-depth repair videos. You just gained a new subscriber. Good stuff!

[@LucoreAuto]

Well thanks for stopping by, very glad to have you! Feel free to look around while you're here!

[@chuckdaly3164]

Just subscribed, rang a bell, and see why the Old Man came to you!!!! Now if your U Tube Chanel takes off we’re are your customers going to go🥺, thanks for a entertaining and informative video!!

[@LucoreAuto]

The Curse of Success 😉 We always make time for our SRC folks if we can, if you walked the shop while the Falcon was here there are a LOT of rides in and out of this place. We promise not to let success go to our heads 😉

[@joedeleon2017]

Props! To Lacore Auto, and other repair sources close to SRC.

[@tomebel7149]

This guy knows his stuff!!!!!

[@LucoreAuto]

We've seen a thing or two around here 😉

[@davidjenkins1958]

Differential replacement was always my least favorite job on vehicles, I must say that was the worse pinion gear I have ever seen. Another fine job by Lucore Automotive.

[@LucoreAuto]

It's definitely a dirty messy stinky job for sure and SOOO time consuming! Gotta agree with you, you don't really ever see one that's been killed THIS badly. Thank for stopping by and checking it out!

[@patricknash1198]

Love the SRC crew..thanks for helping them out on this...you must be good or they wouldn't have trusted you with it...

[@treysimpson9294]

Good stuff helping the src guys out!

[@LucoreAuto]

Always happy to help them out, really appreciate them trusting us with their rides!

[@larryssnova76]

After 27 years of being a tech Ford 8.8 026 to 032 anywhere in their will get you the right pinion depth not sure what you did for the crush sleeve but hope you didn’t install one of so the rear end won’t last as long as it would if you would just have a sleeve made with the right amount of pinion preload unde extreme load it will end up crushing the sleeve over time causing the pinion nut to come loose and when you put the carrier in next time try some dr Tranny assembly lube and stick your shims to the rearend housing tip your races out a little push the carrier in and then tap the races straight grab a big dead blow and knock it home I’m sure you did a great job but it will definitely last way longer with a solid sleeve not the crush sleeve

[@craigengelman4534]

this is why you dont bring your race car to a garage ever ! stock parts DONT belong in race cars ever ! never seen some one not clean the axle tubes out and put new seals in . duh of course the 20 thou spacer aint gonna work . it had a thin gear and he put a thick gear . that gear wont last but 2 passes if lucky . the locker should have no preload at all . the cover has tensioners to keep caps in place . the list keeps goin and goin .

[@b.c4066]

My buddy is a transmission/differential rebuilder. Anything more than a stock replacement he insists on torquing the crush sleeve then removing and machining a sleeve/spacer. Guy does awesome work and his stuff lasts. Nice seeing a career Ford technician saying he does the same thing.

[@kevinmoore342]

See SRC garage bringing over to you guys. There the ones who show me your channel. You guy’s are great.

[@LucoreAuto]

Thanks for coming over, very happy to have another member of the SRC family here!

[@TrampusWingo]

That 70 LeMans/Tempest though! Wantttt!!! I also appreciate the Norwalk Pontiac content you made… thank you and may we have some moar please?

[@LucoreAuto]

There's an entire build series on here of the '70 455 LeMans if you're interested 😉

[@jeffshreves3816]

Thanks for showing us the carnage and repairs of the SRC Falcon rear end . Just subbed

[@LucoreAuto]

Thanks for stopping by, probably not as entertaining as those SRC Boys but we try! Mix in a bit of education along the way too 😉

[@jeffshreves3816]

@@LucoreAuto Yeah the SRC gang is pretty wild stuff but I definitely will be following one can never gain to much knowledge and Bill says you guys are a class act . I will be watching for future video .

[@Amxracer]

Great job, good to have you guys in there corner !

[@LucoreAuto]

Thank ya, we're always happy to help support these guys and keep them safe!

[@turbotempest4095]

Great content. Hope you show us Matt's Nova as you sort it out for him. I appreciated you doing video's. Surely it adds a bit of time to the job and time is money. TY!

[@LucoreAuto]

It certainly adds to the time scale of a job trying to film everything you do but we're getting better and better at it as we go. Well hopefully we are 😀 The Nova is being filmed/fixed as we speak actually. This is for SURE going to be an eye opening and learning video for people to see just what it takes to convert a street car into a racecar.

[@jerrellkull5347]

When i setup gears, i cut a solid pinion bearing preload shim out of 1 3/4 X .120 dom tube. I learned that the crush sleeve will give a little more after alot of hard launches, or in a oval track car, being on and off the gas so much.

[@rtillman5342]

100% should have used a solid spacer instead of a crush sleeve.

[@serget2168]

Imagine what that sounded like at over 120 mile an hour man no wonder Tommy thought that motor blew up and he just had hit the scramble button Also Tommy and Billy have been struggling this year between Billy's truck motor that one of the guys from this shop went and picked up and Tommy's truck getting a cage installed and that guy got hurt what a season its been for them and now Alison and her Dart and Billy got her a 🐘 for her car and now a Malibu wow there definitely busy to say the least hopefully everything will work out for the coming summer 🙏from a fan in northern Ontario 🇨🇦

[@davidwilliamson7462]

I also learned a lot watching this video. One is my dislike for the 8.8” rear as opposed to the 9” rear where you pull the center chunk to remove the ring and pinion so you can set up the tolerances while working at your workbench and then reinstall the chunk and axles and you are done. I’ve seen center chunks on a 9” rear swapped out at the track in very little time (with an already set up one). I drove Mopars when I raced and they had the 8-3/4” Hotchkiss rear ends that were similar to the 9” Ford rear end. The second thing I learned is that “gravity is a bitch” Lol. I really enjoy these videos as he pays attention to detail and explains what he is doing and why he is doing it. Keep up the great work!

[@LucoreAuto]

Well thanks for stopping by and checking out what we do! We try to mix a little entertainment in with our education 😉 These 8.8s are pretty popular modern rear ends, but DO have some downsides versus the 9"... especially when stuffed up in the rear of a tucked tire Falcon! Unfortunately unless these guys want to take the Falcon out of service for an extended period of time to convert it over to a whole new rear axle setup they are going to have to stick with this 8.8 setup. Certainly not a conversion we could turn around in a week or so. We are going down the path of Mopar rear ends here very soon ourselves on the 73ChargerChic Charger now that her new 451 Stroker is back and ready to be installed!

[@davidwilliamson7462]

@@LucoreAuto I have been watching your channel for about a month now thanks to SRC Garage (who I have been following since Bill started his channel). I am more into the mechanics of the hot rods and the logic used for improvements or repairs. Thank you again for providing that.

[@student1979oct]

@@LucoreAuto Actually, being that it's running basic Fox body suspension, it's actually a conversion that could be done in a day. More than a few companies sell 9" housings with the brackets already welded in place and whatever width you spec. Bolt in deal at that point.

[@johnhoover9555]

Great video Austin. You really should do something about the gravity in the shop though.

[@garylucier6817]

Friend of the SRC Gang T.J. (Turbo John, mentioned below of course), and does not live in Ohio, just broke another rear gear set Saturday , the poor guy was on a fast pass, and 1-2 shift sounded just like Tommy's exact situation only a wee bit earlier and a lot less mph, and luckily it also did not lock up or he could have rocketed off the guardrail too. Both were lucky men. I know he needs to get it done fast for next weekend so, even though he knows how to do it, he also is putting a lot more HP to it also, than it was ever designed to handle, so suggested to him this particular vid to refresh and learn some different tips, or a simple refresher. Throwing a ring and pinion set in at the track, unless it was a presetup 3rd member (done it in record time before), while admirable, if done laying on the ground, car up on jackstands, is never an ideal situation (and they rarely are setup correctly or last very long), the lift and in and out, until pattern is set just right along with the tons and tons of necessary repeated cleaning like Lucore did 7 times until fully satisfied, and lash/backlash/pinion centerlining takes forever, if you want a new set to last at these HP levels. All the comments below on crush sleeve vs Solid sleeve makes little real engineering sense ( more a choice, than a necessity), as long as the pinion yoke is a new and has a tight spline to spline interference fit and not loose like the one he removed. (Check that often I would do with any racecar, especially these high HP back of the track heavy hitters, like everytime it goes up on a lift or jackstands, and drive it to heat the rear gears and oil, not up on jack or stands!) Lastly, his notes more, more,more,more cleaning, I was certain with as much care as he took that during the timesaving off camera period he probably used at least 1 can of brake clean on each axle tube at least. We just did not see it and a lot more of the actual cleaning process. He went above and beyond, and took special care of special customers. As it appears they always do. The pinion is heavily splined, as is the yoke, the high HP Powerplants that these guys are running in the 1/8th, especially with the staging bumps that often cause a rock back motion to the rear during hard launches may pound hard on those 2 sets of splines, and eventually pound down the splines a few thousandths, but yoke to pinion there will never be any spin, so as long as locktite is used upon finally assembly in the pinion yoke nut, that sleeve cannot crush further without the splines actually twisting. Solid or crush sleeve is a choice, checking the torque on that nut as maint., is much more important for longevity from an engineering standpoint since the HP load and shocking is in usually the forward direction of rotation during all aspects of the power delivery driveline operation are on that yoke to pinion splines in forward motion. Now, if they start doing hard burnouts in reverse (that will or could loosen the pinion nut)..lol. In that case, then just adjust the nut behind the wheel.

[@johnhughes2760]

GREAT VIDEO!! VERY INFORMATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL ALSO!! OF COURSE, IT WAS PRETTY FUNNY SEEING ALL BITS AND PIECES COMING OUT OF THE 3RD MEMBER, OBVIOUSLY FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL!!! GREAT WORK AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW IT PERFORMS UNDER DURESS....

[@mattrider9230]

lol who doesnt like a tight rear end!

[@sabre-ub3op]

Now i see why they brought it to y'all I wouldn't want to tackle that either.....good job man

[@OutdoorFanatic365]

My thoughts exactly, billy set it on kill and Tommy found the weakest link.

[@LucoreAuto]

This thing was DEFINITELY flying right before it came apart. That's how it goes though!

[@OutdoorFanatic365]

It looks like you got them fixed up. Looking forward to the follow-up video from SRC

[@toverturf9097]

Why use a crush sleeve on a drag car? Quick performance has spacers and shims for the 8.8 Ford.

[@brentjohnson2315]

I wondered the same thing. That’s probably what created the problem to begin with since the pinion had that much play in it.

[@fmxman]

Great video. I like that yall left the drops and trip in there and not edited out of the video helps me feel normal. 😆✌

[@abbaconstruction4535]

I liked the differential video. I've done rear-end rebuilds and there's some things I caught that I didn't know. Thank you.

[@LucoreAuto]

Well glad to hear it! Our main reason for making these videos is for our customers to see what the issues are and the fixes put in place to get them back on the road. Or in this case the street/track.

[@bubbakushingtonIII]

That car is so gangster it's crazy. Tommy's got such a sick ride. Can't wait to see FoolsGold go down the track this weekend or when they upload the video.

[@jamesseaman6919]

Nice job!

[@LucoreAuto]

Thank you, we gotta do the best we can for these guys!

[@itseithergonnaworkoritaint7852]

That dam gravity gets me every time as well, I felt your pain watching.

[@firefighta4984]

Stupid Gravity!! Haha love the channel and found it due to watching SRC. I have a diesel mechanic for a father who also for a time owned/ran his own alignment shop also so grew up in a shop since diapers and love this stuff!

[@josevillarreal6393]

Thanks for helping Billy out.

[@LucoreAuto]

We always try to be on call just in case for the SRC Family. Gotta keep those boys safe and straight!

[@robertmcdole583]

You guys do a a great job.seen the video of it making runs after it was fixed it was flying down the track

[@robkent9015]

Great video guys. You really should invest in purchasing a zero gravity workshop. 😜 "Damn gravity" throughout the video made me laugh. I have one word when gravity interferes while working away on my cars - F@#k !! Liked & Subscribed from down under.👍

[@Ada-zn3pw]

Very nicely done video. Very informative.

[@kimherrick9615]

Hey, that was great, I learned something 😉

[@gogetem188]

HI JERRY AUSTRALIA HERE man the look in your eyes working on a race car takes a special person AND YOUR THAT MAN very cool gotta take it for a burn lol with that much work wouldn't you of taken the opportunity to go 9'' ????

[@arthurfricchione8119]

Great video thanks for sharing. Nice precision workmanship. I’m definitely a new subscriber. Thanks again guys for sharing Artie 🇺🇸👍

[@totalyep]

Wow that car looks really well made underneath. Needs a 9” probably at those power levels.

[@LucoreAuto]

It's actually a really great build and one hell of a road rocket. Very very cool machine. We DID say a prayer over that new gear in the hopes it survives a while.

[@Stevesbe]

When it's setup right it will last at that power level but shaking the tires is rough on them. The pinion nut tends to loosen up too

[@LucoreAuto]

@@Stevesbe it's definitely possible that the pinion nut coming loose was due to the vibration and rough use, plus who knows what sorts of forces that thing was seeing when the rear end came apart.

[@Headsup9550]

I don't know why people say that. An 8.8 is just as strong as a 12 bolt. The only reason people go to a 9 inch is due to the existing aftermarket and a dropout third member. It's about convenience, not necessarily strength.

[@jimandskittum]

@@Headsup9550 That isn't true. A Ford 9" pinion has a dowel like locator on the end of the pinion to keep it from deflecting away from the ring gear like a Dana 60 does.

[@kevin_nagle]

@26:52 😂😂😂😂😂 I about fell out of my chair - Was so excited to fire up the Falcon, he damn near broke his leg on the tool cart 😂😂 I've been there before 😆

[@clintonsmith9931]

Man, I hated working on the floor, now I’m paying for it. In my old age. I was told a long time ago to use a chain hoist and work benches Did I listen, no. Butt can’t always find ‘em. I was taught 3 to 9 tho on preload, but that was almost 60 yrs ago Love watching your videos.

[@jimritter7448]

Nice work guys. It’s funny what can happen when you put way more hp to something than it was ever designed for. Lol. That would be a fun car to take for a spin tho.

[@LucoreAuto]

That's kind of the SRC thing, how much power and speed can we get out of lesser/stock style components. They don't go out and spend big dollars on all the best parts, they have stuck to their "make due" attitude like most normal people have to do with their own racing. This little rear end is for sure doing WAY more than it ever thought it would when it came out of the casting!

[@jimritter7448]

@@LucoreAuto yea I gotta say I was really surprised they got that newer truck for hauling cause they really do a lot with the stuff they have. I’m very surprised how well they really do with what they have but that comes mostly threw skill and knowing what they have in their stuff. Billy pushes the limit but they know where that limit is.

[@geniferteal4178]

I see why they came to you. Nice work!

[@MrBayoubig]

you know it made a noise at 140mph when Tommy hit the Scrabble and it broke. Ive broke them at the 2nd gear change but never at them speed i can imagine how loud it was lol

[@LucoreAuto]

The sound and feel of that thing letting go had to be epic, Bill said he heard it from the starting line. Thankfully nothing happened to knock him off course and all it did was pulverize some metal. Gotta say that's some SERIOUSLY impressive carnage though!

[@kennethchapman9564]

Top notch work as always guys. I unfortunately have had to do a few of those myself as an old street racer/gearhead. I wish I would had you to seek for advice or better yet have you guys fix them. Worse one was a narrowed 56 Ford rear end that was in a 70 Maverick with a Boss 302 and had a spool and totally destroyed it standing on rear bumper. Really good content. Thanks for sharing.

[@chadhall5921]

Great rear diff video! Btw that falcon is my favorite car on you tube.

[@11B_GRUNT]

Awesome video man, I enjoy yalls content

[@billyray8062]

Excellent professional job!!

[@LucoreAuto]

Thank you Sir, we try!

[@randalljames1]

I can smell that oil from here.. Was a heavy line tech at GM for a good number of years... Have seen more Dana/Eaton than I car to have nightmares about... The real question is they put a housing in that car and wonder why they did not just use a ford setup? parts on hand? think your impact was a tad short of the 140 or so needed to get that collar going... I still have a coat hanger of shims... Factory stuff is a little quicker when the setup has not been touched.. there is a number etched into the new and old gear set that gives a + or - number.. that number is "tuning" for best noise and it is dead nuts accurate to compare with a new gear set.. if it says +5 and the new gear set says +6, you need .001 more shim.. so pretty easy (I ran the GM pinion depth tool maybe 5 or 6 times when I first started, it was always accurate)... just hate playing musical shims on the carrier bearings.. out of the hundreds I have done? not a single set of shims carried over to the new gear set...:(

[@dentoldani3460]

Glad you guys got the Falcon on the road again! New subscriber from Iowa!

[@LucoreAuto]

Welcome aboard! We were just in Ames Iowa a couple weeks ago picking up our new Capri project!

[@dentoldani3460]

@@LucoreAuto Nice! I'm in Des Moines.

[@sykwookiee]

@@LucoreAuto You're the guys who bought the Capri from Kevin, right? I think I saw the video on Junkyard Digs...

[@LucoreAuto]

@@sykwookiee yes sir, that's us! There are actually a couple videos of the Capri on here so far as well and more coming very very soon 😀 project is already moving forward

[@sykwookiee]

@@LucoreAuto 10-4...I'll have to check 'em out...

[@davidblain2714]

Subscribed! I’m onboard

[@LucoreAuto]

Thank you Sir, welcome aboard!

[@Abimelech75]

After 3 transmissions, 2 drive shafts, and 1 rear end in his truck a buddy of mine always says "if you put a monster in the front, it's going to eat its way to the back".

[@young11984]

Thats why when i build a customers car i ask them how much power and whats the quickest ET they want, i never fail to get...just 500 or so. Ok 35 spline axles, bracing, torque box replacement tied to the cage......they say all that for 500 hp? No thats for 1500 so you can grow into it, the engine is the easiest thing to change out and the most to be worked on so imcreases in power can be seen but the rear is always the last thing in your mind so i always over build the rear and fuel system

[@kevin_nagle]

have been well into the 7s @ 180mph with an 8.8 - when braced & properly setup they can live a long & healthy life.

[@young11984]

@@kevin_nagle exactly, mine didnt appreciate radial tire shake though lol

[@kevin_nagle]

@@young11984 nothing likes tire shake! 😆

[@sykwookiee]

@@young11984 where can I see your builds? I'm sincerely interested...thanks...

[@bobbysmith8120]

Great job guys 👍💪 from Alabama 👍

[@LucoreAuto]

Thank you Sir, much appreciated!

[@nativenation3296]

💯 awesome vid and informative, hopefully those other 19 get well soon ... ( to the right of the thumbs up )...

[@LucoreAuto]

Thank you, we try to mix some entertaining in with our education 😀 We don't mind some upside down thumbs, just means we are doing something right and reaching some level of success on the internet 😉

[@RustyWells2]

Love these guys I just wished they were close to me but one day I will be in that area and I'll get them to work on my car!

[@terryrampey617]

Just put a new gear set in my 8.5 10 bolt Went with a 4.56 gear first one I did In a while .but proud to say everything went fine took my rear completely out ,whole lot easier on jack stands & went with a solid spacer instead of a crush sleeve But that's what had happened hard launches crushed the crush sleeve on down creating excessive back lash only took 4 tries..lol & so far so good saved myself a bunch of $ that's for sure..

[@georgiastreettruck4495]

That is exactly what happens. When the spacer gets crushed more the pattern on the ring gear travels to a weaker portion. It will be back soon.

[@terryrampey617]

@@georgiastreettruck4495 I beleive so too 1300hp vs crush sleeve ,, no contest its Almost comical till you think about it , Mabey they can swap it out for one... Yeah you'll have to reset pinion preload But it's kinda just like changeing a pinion seal just take a magnet & fish the Crush sleeve out & slidethe solid spacer on..they are some really good guys from what I can tell hate to know its gona be a problem for em..

[@johnparker6642]

Great job!, I'm glad you folks did this video, im not sure folks no how involved ii is to do a rear end correctly, race car or daily driver.Again great job!

[@joshdudley3078]

Who gave a thumbs down you must hate your life.

[@LucoreAuto]

There's always gotta be at least one, just means we've made it to some level of internet success 😉

[@jimcrowell5093]

Spool is cool but I'd prefer a 9in.my personal preference and gawd that's some pony power pushin thru it 😆👍great work and excellent vlog

[@derekvonholt8650]

You guys do great work di anyone notice how much cleaning he did to make sure all the metal was out of there great job great video keep up the good work

[@LucoreAuto]

We appreciate it! In cases like this where everything turned into chunks and powder at 140mph there was a LOT to clean up. Like... probably 2 hours of cleaning? Went through 8 cans of brake clean. Edited a bunch of that out to not bore you all to death 😉

[@jeffmonroe9766]

Only one can of starting fluid cuts gear grease like no other

[@WhiteTrashMotorsports]

That crush sleeve will come back to haunt them always use solid pinion spacer on high load applications.

[@happydayz5321]

Good job guys !

[@williamdowney5032]

Turbo John had the same thing….He fixed his at the track overnight and raced the next day. His damage was even worse. Big thing is to get the debris cleaned up.

[@jimandskittum]

Turbo John works on his own car. SRC buys parts and installs them.

[@sykwookiee]

@@jimandskittum congratulations, you win the dunce cap for that silly ass statement 🤣

[@williamdowney5032]

Seems that way.

[@williamdowney5032]

@@sykwookiee go away. Shove your cap up your……

[@jimandskittum]

@@sykwookiee They don't build their own engines, transmissions, cages, rear ends, hot or cold side piping. They didn't build the falcon, bought a Nova roller (didn't finish it), the turd barrel's Nova has been sitting in the driveway forever. If their hired hand doesn't do the work it doesn't get done. He even admitted he can't do basic carpentry and that is pretty sad. Almost anybody can set a distributor on it's mark and set the floats on a Holley. I think you are the one that has been fooled.

[@ericblakeney8776]

Good video thank you for sharing

[@LucoreAuto]

Thank you, and thank you for commenting!

[@DM-qp7do]

Years ago my buddy blew up the rear end in his 67 Chevelle, we lifted it up and there was a spider gear half way in and out of the diff cover.

[@heatherrigby7371]

how do you hold the yolk while you crush the sleeve and how do you know when it is crushed to the correct dimension? I was hoping to be taught the learning curve. Thanks and great video. Donnie

[@glennjohnson4653]

Nice work guys.

[@randallcanter2127]

Don't lie you really wanted to drive it ! Lol don't blame you I would to bad lil ride

[@mjj6870]

I love the detailed video's like the falcon

[@richardkersey8993]

It really is impressive engineering under that old body.

[@katzkustoms8093]

Good work guys.

[@garylucier6817]

Sry Lucore Automotive, I went off the deep end reading some of the negative posts of some "self imposed experts" that have evidently never actually asked the actual engineers that designed the 8.8 rear or some of the engineers that designed and manufacture almost all of the 8.8 gearsets, like Richmond, exactly why they (almost all), use a crush sleeve instead of a solid sleeve. Their reasoning is simply that a crush sleeve serves a multiple use purpose, it is not only once crushed, it is a limited active spring, and it mushrooms out to fill space centering the pinion shaft and the pinion yoke (as it expands to about the same size as the yoke end once crushed), in the same area that the front bearing would be located in a 9" rear in the pinion housing, and also transfers heat away from the pinion shaft and yoke to the housing. And a solid (non crush sleeve), can do none of those things. Though it can add the same exact pre-load on the bearing face. The slight active spring force of a crushed sleeve actually also helps keep that pinion nut tighter. As long as the pinion is shimmed properly, centered on the ring gear as Lucore did, and the yoke is bottomed against the splines shoulder the crush sleeve is pushing against the nut and front face of the pinion bearing locking everything into place to make it as solid a centered joined PC as possible and supporting in the middle of the pinion shaft and housing as the rear bearing spins in the race. Sometimes, thinking outside of the box, just defeats the original engineered design.

[@Freebird67]

Hi what distance or process do you do to break the axle in with new internal UK Fan subscriber

[@LucoreAuto]

Typically speaking we like to see 400 to 500 miles as a break in at varying speeds and loads. It allows the gears match up and wear together then pull the fluid to drain out the worn material.

[@jonathanlawson4667]

Hey I subbed you guys are amazing helping out SRC and we thank you sir

[@rickknabel2625]

Looks like Tommy’s car had summer teeth. Some are here some are there.

[@Mynextproject_74]

That was a great video! More like that is good!!

[@LucoreAuto]

Thank you, we'll do our best to crank up the quality! 😀

[@timshannon6363]

Who would have thought a Ford Falcon could look so intimidating

[@coreydevries9438]

Professional job!

[@jayinmi3706]

I thought dude in the blue shirt was about to ask a question, and was about to back away. lol

[@scottbobcat8450]

Keep up the great work

[@georgiastreettruck4495]

You should never have used a crush sleve. Especially on a drag car. A solid pinion spacer is a must have, and will keep the bearing preload and also the pattern from changing. You have set them up for failure yet again.

[@jimandskittum]

He didn't have the tool to set the pinion depth either. He just tried a .020 shim and didn't like the backlash then went to a .034 "yeah that's about right".

[@robertprice2108]

@@jimandskittum Even with the tool you still have to start somewhere. I know that for the most part the pinion shims range between. 028 to .034 or so to get you started. When he said it had a .020 i would have thought he would have started out with around. 030 or .032 an with a solid spacer on the pinion. I don't believe i have ever ran a crush sleeve for drag racing with that amount of power. But who knows maybe they have luck doing it that way. Another thing is I don't care for the set up bearings an then change over to the ones you going to use afterwards. Plus taking it apart an back together 7 or 8 times is crazy for the most part maybe 3 times an done check backlash and run a pattern to see what it looks like. Ive set up hundreds of rears without any problems over the years but i guess if it all works out in the end all is well.

[@jimandskittum]

@@robertprice2108 I don't know about 8.8s in particular but I know you have to set the pinion to the centerline due to the inconsistency in castings and he didn't do it.

[@cjbert6790]

It’s called job security! Lol

[@robertschram5391]

Quality job done right..

[@drewwyatt1274]

When you first pulled the car in to the garage I thought "Who fitted the woodpecker to the diff?"

[@LucoreAuto]

That sound, in person, will make your skin crawl. But if you're gonna break it, break it good right?

[@herbslusher4409]

Was that a 10 bolt Chev, 9 inch, 8.8 Ford rear?

[@LucoreAuto]

That's a modified Ford 8.8

[@660bracketracing6]

Question if you don’t mind what brand gear did you guys put in it?

[@88_turbo_fox73]

Good job guys

[@davidharris6710]

He referred to set up bearings several times. Can you explain that more, are they something custom or special

[@mikeeldridge637]

SRC fan !!!

[@rickharper1497]

Stupid gravity! I love it

[@LucoreAuto]

Always gotta check, and double check 😉

[@kmc468]

good job guy !

[@LucoreAuto]

Ty Sir, glad you enjoyed it!

[@highpsiguy4085]

Just wondering why you would even attempt to drive that in the shop in that condition. I'm sure the shock to the driveline components is much appreciated

[@65chevy27]

Good show.New subscriber.

[@LucoreAuto]

Thank ya Sir, welcome aboard!

[@vincentenk4449]

Hard to beat a pinion gear that's supported at both ends!

[@LucoreAuto]

Or at least not slopping around at both ends 😉

[@shoegum7362]

I find the best work table is the garage floor.

[@LucoreAuto]

Often the case! Or, literally any flat surface 🙄 we use 'em all!

[@clintonsmith9931]

Careful with steel on edge of bearings I learned the hard way

[@bJH3105]

Good Video but need a better license plate. Go Blue.

[@kevin_nagle]

What brand gear set did you go with?

[@keithkroenke3240]

The deeper you dig in the better j like to

[@cyane1577]

If you took short cuts, as its previous setup, it'd just break again & also give you a bad reputation. Now the owner knows to take better attention to detail.

[@LucoreAuto]

A big portion of why we shoot and share these videos is for our customers. They can see the issues we ran into. The challenges we faced. And just what we did in the repair. Helps keep everything as honest and transparent as possible. Especially with the speeds and situations these SRC boys get into we have to be 110% sure of doing things right