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by vaholtorf
Thu May 13, 2010 12:52 pm
Forum: General Differential Questions
Topic: 1965 Buick full-size (Wildcat/Electra/LaSabre/etc) posi
Replies: 7
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Re: 1965 Buick full-size (Wildcat/Electra/LaSabre/etc) posi

I sure would like to see your Wildcat- I've got a collection of them.
You could look for a posi from a Riviera 63-65, they are the same center section and gears,
(65 they were standard with 3.23:1 )
Riv has a flange arrangement to bolt the driveshaft to it and the Wildcats have the u-joint ...
by vaholtorf
Thu May 13, 2010 2:26 am
Forum: General Differential Questions
Topic: 1965 Buick full-size (Wildcat/Electra/LaSabre/etc) posi
Replies: 7
Views: 55675

Re: 1965 Buick full-size (Wildcat/Electra/LaSabre/etc) posi

WOW...throw away HUH? What a laugher. Did he try to sell a pot of GOLD at the end of the rainbow and give you the map after you paid? LOL

Well they ARE difficult and expensive to get parts...Also they are tricky to get the carrier preload as the pinch bolts and the system is NOT the normal for set ...
by vaholtorf
Wed May 12, 2010 9:56 pm
Forum: General Differential Questions
Topic: 1965 Buick full-size (Wildcat/Electra/LaSabre/etc) posi
Replies: 7
Views: 55675

Re: 1965 Buick full-size (Wildcat/Electra/LaSabre/etc) posi

WOW...throw away HUH? What a laugher. Did he try to sell a pot of GOLD at the end of the rainbow and give you the map after you paid? LOL

Well they ARE difficult and expensive to get parts...Also they are tricky to get the carrier preload as the pinch bolts and the system is NOT the normal for set ...
by vaholtorf
Tue May 11, 2010 10:53 pm
Forum: General Differential Questions
Topic: 1965 Buick full-size (Wildcat/Electra/LaSabre/etc) posi
Replies: 7
Views: 55675

1965 Buick full-size (Wildcat/Electra/LaSabre/etc) posi

I have a 1965 Wildcat with a non-posi diff. This a year when the differential was in a 'pumpkin' or 'third member' separate casting that bolted to the axle, kind of like a Ford 9" rear end. In 1966 Buick used a different rear end with a cover on the rear, and with the differential bolted inside that ...