SECTION 4 Q The 1967 Corvair Rear Axle and Rear Suspension accommodate enlarged transmission mainshaft are in components are essentially the same as those described cluded in the 1967 rear axle in the 1965 Corvair Chassis Shop Manual Design modi The following service procedures supersede compara fications such as the elimination of rear axle oil level ble operations as outlined in the 1965 Rear Axle and dipstick the addition of two carrier to transmission Rear Suspension portion of the Corvair Chassis Shop attaching bolts and the modification of manual trans Manual for operations not listed here refer to the mission rear axle pinion shaft and adjusting sleeve to 1965 manual INDEX Page Page Differential Bearing Adjusting Sleeve Seal Ring Differential Bearing Replacement 4 2 I Replacement 4 1 Pinion Shaft Rear Oil Seal Replacement Automatic Differential Carrier Cover Assembly and or Transmission Axles 4 3 Gasket Replacement 4 1 Ring Gear and Pinion Bearing Adjustment 4 3 Pinion Front Bearing Race Replacement 4 1 Ring Gear and Pinion Contact Pattern 4 4 Differential Bearing Adjusting Sleeve Bearing Wheel Spindle and Support 4 5 Race Replacement 4 2 Differential Bearing Adjusting Sleeve Seal 3 Position and align new gasket on carrier install Ring Replacement cover assembly torque retaining screws to speci 1 Raise vehicle and remove axle drive shaft and dif fmatmns and lower V h1c1 Qilgigil Slde bearmg yoke as Outlmed m this Pinion Front Bearing Race Replacement 2 Mark i idti0 Shil0 ef Side bearing adjusting Si V 1 Install adjusting sleeve and race assembly into to differential carrier making sure that these marks oorrior and yomovo moo with a pnnon or other ere eesiiy identified ee they are te be used te re suitable tool tig 1 On automatic transmission align sleeve to maintain differential side bearing models it will bg nooossary to I omovo pinion oil PI 1O d seal prior to race removal 3 Remove the adjusting sleeve lock tab and proceed to remove adjusting sleeve using Tool J 8342 as A UT N shown in carrier disassembly procedure outlined in 1965 Corvair Chassis Shop Manual Record the number of turns necessary to remove sleeve from carrier using marks scribed in Step 2 as a reference it 4 Remove the damaged seal ring and install a new one in the adjusting sleeve seal ring groove Apply ifi a thin coating of petroleum jelly to seal after in ii V iiiii i e sii stallation in groove i 5 Install adjusting sleeve in carrier making sure that t sleeve is turned to correspond with the number of Q S turns recorded in Step 3 6 Back off the sleeve a number of turns to relieve iiiiii seal windup then reposition to original setting and I i A L install lock tab tsti tsi F 7 Install differential side bearing yoke and axle drive j Q shaft as outlined in 1965 Corvair Chassis Shop A J i i M ii s ti ii i icios is ott i P s i Differential Carrier Cover Assembly and or t yj 1 Raise vehicle and clean top of differential carrier and adjacent underbody surface to prevent foreign pi matter from entering carrier when cover assembly gg i t is removed ttis j Y 2 Remove screws securing cover assembly to carrier t i i i remove gasket material and clean carrier gasket SL1I f2lC Fig l Removing Pinion Front Bearing Race CORVAIR SHOP MANUAL SUPPLEMENT