I have spent a lot of free time over the past week gutting the rear and getting the replacement installed. I was mistaken that this was a open, it never tryed to engaige over the past 15k miles but there is 249k miles on the truck.
This is the damaged long yoke that came on the truck and the short that came with the 3.55 gears. Also this is the crush sleeve and the spacer that replaces it, did flie a chanfer on it.
Now on to trying to get the pinion races replaced...
Found failer trying for the inner since it keep going in side way.
So had to drive it back out and find another tool to try again to get in all the way. Used a curved object to sit on the edge to drive it in straight first tho.
Now for torqueing down the pinion and setting the preload. The short one was loose tightened down all the way, so ran the long one on. It took a bit but it got there, using spec of the crush that came with the gears it came to be around 15in/lb. Going to have to find another yoke since this one is not in the best of shape.
The carrier checked good using the shims that came out, so this is all rapped up. Now have the gears matching and have something more useable for highway runs.
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This is the damaged long yoke that came on the truck and the short that came with the 3.55 gears. Also this is the crush sleeve and the spacer that replaces it, did flie a chanfer on it.
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Now on to trying to get the pinion races replaced...
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Found failer trying for the inner since it keep going in side way.
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So had to drive it back out and find another tool to try again to get in all the way. Used a curved object to sit on the edge to drive it in straight first tho.
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Now for torqueing down the pinion and setting the preload. The short one was loose tightened down all the way, so ran the long one on. It took a bit but it got there, using spec of the crush that came with the gears it came to be around 15in/lb. Going to have to find another yoke since this one is not in the best of shape.
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The carrier checked good using the shims that came out, so this is all rapped up. Now have the gears matching and have something more useable for highway runs.
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