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This is what I'm getting with a 0.010 inch pinion shim Coast side And drive side Leaving this here mainly so I can keep track of which shims look best Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk

That's pretty awesome. I hope I never get to try it out.

Looks like there was a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation because those Silverado brake lines rust so bad that they would fail https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2011/INCR-EA11001-50409.pdf Not sure a picture of brake lines would do any good, but its something to think...

I'm still plugging away at this. Definitely learning a lot from this process. I think I've got the carrier shims dialed in and I'm clocking about 9 thousands of backlash which is good. I went ahead and made set up bearings which entails hollowing out the same brand Pinion bearing that I will...

Looks OK to me, assuming you're getting a good deal. If I bought it I would immediately treat with something - fluid film will help it for a season. Do inside the frame rails and outside.

that connector took a beating!

I'm trying to decide if it this scenario is the green or the blue. I tried to shortcut things, and just went full send with a crush sleeve, locktite, etc. I assumed that since I was just changing the two pinion bearing and races I'd be fine. Now I need to pull it apart. I'll try moving...

Things were going good today for a while, I had my backlash dialed into 10,000s and everything looked good. I decided to run a pattern before I buttoned everything up. From what I gather this is a pretty bad pattern. I applied way too much of the paint but the drive side looks pretty bad. I'm...

Here's another question. This washer was behind the pinion seal and in front of the outer bearing. Is this the oil Slinger? My master rebuild kit does not seem to have a replacement for this. I bent it up when trying to pry out the seal and bearing. Do you guys think I should reuse this one...

Let me know if I'm making a mistake, but my plan is to put it together with new pinion bearings and races and run my factory gears. I have a new set of motive gears that I got for $200 that I can use, but it looks like I'd be fine to run the factory stuff. Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk

The inner and outer bearings and races don't look much better Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk

Okay got the opinion out. It didn't take much effort for my impact to pull off that pinion nut. To my untrained eye, the pinion gear itself looks good but the bearing and races looks cooked Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk

Carrier is out. The pinion is way loose. I can move it in and out with my hand.

I'm trying my hand at taking these readings. Feels like more of an art than a science. Having said that, my backlash appears to be at 25 while the spec says it should be between 8 and 12. I wasn't able to get a good reading on the pinion preload as it would spin freely without any real...

That is exactly what I'm experiencing! Sound on acceleration, but nothing when coasting. The last of my parts arrive today, and I'm going to tear into it. The only problem is that it just hit 21 degrees outside, and my garage is too small to work in. Hopefully it warms up soon.

I think the forum software screwed up again, and that link doesn't work. :(

It's always been frustrating to use my Jeep TJ's spare jack because of the weird long bars that it used to raise and lower the jack. I ended up grinding down a half inch extension and now it fits perfectly in the hole. I can use a standard socket wrench to raise and lower the the Jeep. Much...

No slop in the control arms - one was loose, but I tightened it up. There isn't much movement straight in and out, requires a twist. No leaks that I've seen. I'll pull the shafts and try and read the backlash with my new amazon beam torque wrench

I'm trying to think it through while watching all the videos I can on youtube. My guess is that to set the backlash I need to pull the carrier, as having the carrier / axles / tires all in place would make getting a reading impossible. To answer your question, I believe it is 0.008 to 0.012...

I've been having a whine from my jeep on the highway. When on the gas it would scream when I got up to 50+. I had originally thought it was my transmission, but no, it's the Ford 8.8 rear end. Pulling the rear driveshaft and driving around and it's whisper quiet (well .. a TJ whisper). So, I...