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Summary: Install the retaining pin in the differential of your car during high-performance brake installation on a classic muscle car; learn how in this free auto-restoration video.
Doug Jenkins runs Doug Jenkins Custom Hot Rods in St. Louis, where he restores classic cars and creates mild to wild custom street rods. He races a 1972 Corvette in the SCCA...read more
"DOUG JENKINS: Hi. I'm Doug. I work with 20 great guys in St. Louis at Doug Jenkins Custom Hot Rods and we're going to do some work for you today on Expert Village. The next thing is you rotate the axle carefully and get it so you can get the retaining screw in and line up the gears and put the retaining pin in place. This isn't bash it with a hammer thing. This is more of a feel your way along thing. MARK: Yup, you got it. DOUG JENKINS: So, I just reached in the top there and moved the spider gear over a little bit, so the pin would line up and go right in. All done."
eHow Article: How to Install the Retaining Pin in the Differential