Mine leaked between the aluminum block and the axle. Somehow it stopped leaking by itself. Cool... and lucky They do kinda suck, but if you want to burn corners with a 12 bolt - you should have them.
Mine came with a silicon that you put on the eliminators and seals it to the backing plate. Does yours have that and still leak?
Thanx Andrew & Rob. Once a rea has them, as you know, there is no turning back. Hey, when they leak, does it get in the drum? Also, were you guys using the Moser kits?
My 1st c-clip elims were installed on spooled 12bolt I had in 468 BB Chevelle strp car I had in the early '80's. The elims were pre Competition Engineering, prob Moroso's. The elims leaked & removing the axles when I went to a Brute Strength carrier, I can mainly remember the bearings being very small. As the Chevelle was straightline car, I seldom worried about sideloading forces & thus was not worried about the cheesy bearings in the c-clip elims. Building & rebuilding GM rears since, I've run across many different brands of c-clip elim blocked 12 bolts that were leaking. Also have several (once stock) 12 bolt Chevelle axles where the c-clip elim came apart. For positive axle retention with real axle bearings, I'm big on tapered bearing ends, matching bearings, & bolt-in axles. Solution can be either aftermarket axles & 45mm "roadrace" ends from MarkWilliams or Moser, or using A10 or A9 factory ends. For great handling cars/ autocross type builds with lot of torque, I usually build off either an A9 or A10 (if I've got one) 8.5 housing & use custom Moser axles. A10 tapered bearings are only slighty smaller diam than 45 mm tapered bearings, support tons of sideloading, & are a lot less expensive with corresponding axle seals than aftermarket 45mm end route. Have yet to transplant A10 ends on a Chevy 12 bolt, but have done so on a slightly narrowed 8.5 10 bolt. If could get the price down would offer such '64-66 A-body width 8.5's. :3gears: Roger
Hey oPh, I was going back to re-read your reply here. I am a tad confused on the A10/A9 axle end thing. Do you mind telliing me exactly where to go & what to get? When you transplanted them onto an 8.5, how do they attach to the axle ends? The 12 bolt I have has the ends cut off & the eliminators installed, so there is no going back on factory axle tube ends. I appreciate any help. Thanx.
