Is this pinion as bad as I think it is?

[superj]

That looks like a slinger. Can you put it on a piece of wood and straighten it with a ball peen by tapping it out?

 

[JPNinPA]

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

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Yep. Thats your pinion opinion.



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[TerryMason]

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 not sure if I need to change the backlash by removing carrier shims or if I need to change the pinion shim. I'm open to any ideas.

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[TerryMason]

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 the carrier shims first, and if that doesn't change things the I'll pull the pinion gear out and change it's shims.

 

[superj]

I would say you got the blue outlined marks

 

[JPNinPA]

Here is a diagram… if it helps.




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[JPNinPA]

And i was thinking green. From the coast side looks thin and deep towards the center and wider to the outside.

Im no expert on this.


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[TerryMason]

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 eventually use. That way I can change the pinion shim without having to press on and ruin the bearing every time.

I think my latest set of marks indicate that I still need a thinner pinion shim.

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