Im working on my first rear end build. Its a gm 12 bolt, the numbers on the housing say it was from a 69 chevelle with 3.31's (open) it had 2.56's in it when I got it.
Im going brand new everything. Eaton posi, richmond 3.73 gears, moser.axles, strange engineeering forged pinion yoke with 1350 ujoints.
Im also going with a crush sleeve eliminator kit from yukon gear.
So far i installed the pinion with the existing shim from thr old gear set, i left the crush sleeve out for now, and torqued the pinion nut to yield.about 22 in lbs of rotational torque.
I just got the carrier in with the right set.of shims to get the side bearing preload right. I haven't got the dial indicator on it yet.. but im pretty sure the backlash is way to high.
So that leads me to the first question... do i need to torque the bearing caps down to check the backlash? Or can i check it without the caps...get it right, then check it.one last time with them torqued down?
Ill post an update when I get a wear pattern to look at. And ill post pics but my phone is almost dead
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Im going brand new everything. Eaton posi, richmond 3.73 gears, moser.axles, strange engineeering forged pinion yoke with 1350 ujoints.
Im also going with a crush sleeve eliminator kit from yukon gear.
So far i installed the pinion with the existing shim from thr old gear set, i left the crush sleeve out for now, and torqued the pinion nut to yield.about 22 in lbs of rotational torque.
I just got the carrier in with the right set.of shims to get the side bearing preload right. I haven't got the dial indicator on it yet.. but im pretty sure the backlash is way to high.
So that leads me to the first question... do i need to torque the bearing caps down to check the backlash? Or can i check it without the caps...get it right, then check it.one last time with them torqued down?
Ill post an update when I get a wear pattern to look at. And ill post pics but my phone is almost dead
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