Not all 8.2 rear ends are the same! During the sixties Eaton & Dana made carriers for General Motors.
Eaton manufactured 3 different
design series for GM, one, three and four. Design Series two was manufactured by the Dana Corp. The
SERIES is refered to as a
DESIGN SERIES, not the size as discribed in the 12 bolt applications. Dana manufactured the short lived Design Series Two which was made for about 8-10 months in 1966 & 1967, to which I have the unfortunate luck to own. The contract with Dana was dropped because it did not perform up to GM's expectation's, let alone anywhere near what Dana advertised. Even the housing is different than any other 8.2 therefore redndering it usless because NOBODY makes a rebuild kit or carrier for them. If there is someone making aftermarket parts let me know because I've got one hanging around
I discovered all of this when I pulled the original differintial out of my 67 Elcamino and had to contact GM public relations just so I could identify differintial.
It is to my knowlage there were no cone type carriers made in the sixties, at least for Chevrolet. BOP seems to have been the test bed for a lot of GM products and I wouldn't be suprized if they had cone carriers back then?
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Lowered '67 Elcamino
ZZ430HP / 4L60
"Canyon Carver"
[This message has been edited by Cardiac (edited 01-29-2000).]