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Can anyone tell me if a 1967 GTX 440 4-speed with a Dana 60 had a pinion snubber on the rear end?

If yes, does anyone know where I could get one?
 
Yes they did...There s a bunch on ebay...89.95 new...
Petty Blue 67 gTx
 
All factory Dana cars and all other rearends had snubbers too. It was more of a bump stop than anything.
 
Cranky said:
All factory Dana cars and all other rearends had snubbers too. It was more of a bump stop than anything.
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Exactly right. The pinion snubber is a traction device that replaced the bump stop.
 
Is the one for the dana the same for the 8 3/4?
 
I ran an adjustable on my Belvedere and at the lowest setting, about 3" off the floorpan, the rubber would rip off on speed humps. I tried a couple different bumpers from UCA and LCA and same issue. No I wasn't flying over the humps, never had problems on launching the car only on the speed humps. Finally went back to stock snubber w/ no issues.
 
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I forget who but someone makes an adjustable one that has a threaded top part. You just turn it to adjust it where you want it. It looks like it would work great but I cant remember who sold it. Ron
 
Wouldn't be hard to make one with the screw....but over the years, I quit using a snubber and worked my springs over instead. I have even used a leaf/link suspension setup. There's several things you can do to the rear suspension that doesn't break the bank but it takes some work and experimentation to see what works for your car.
 
It doesn't matter how you get there as long as the snubber is about 1/2" - 0" from the floor and it doesn't bend under stress. I have the old DC one in my car with SS springs and I think I can use a little less clearance.
 
Meep-Meep said:
It doesn't matter how you get there as long as the snubber is about 1/2" - 0" from the floor and it doesn't bend under stress.
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Is that the stock distance?
I can't use a stock snubber since the rear has been raised. I'll need an adjustable one to get back the stock distance.
 
Stock should have a lot of space between the snubber and the floor. It's really a bump stop as mentioned earlier. The race guru's created the adjustable type and gave the spec of the tighter clearance just for drag racing.
 
For regular driving to shows and such with occasional trips to the track, what is a good benchmark to start at for the distance between the snubber and floor?

Do I check the distance while the car is normally on the ground?
 
Cranky said:
Wouldn't be hard to make one with the screw....but over the years, I quit using a snubber and worked my springs over instead. I have even used a leaf/link suspension setup. There's several things you can do to the rear suspension that doesn't break the bank but it takes some work and experimentation to see what works for your car.
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I also took the snubber off my old Belvedere and added a leaf to both springs. If I had the snubber adjusted up high it worked great on hard launches but I got tired of it banging the floor on every bump. If I lowered it to stop the noise it didn't work like I wanted.
 
I set it at 1'' off the car, and it hit on every bump.
Should making it 1.5'' solve this problem, or should I change by more than a .5''?
 
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