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UPDATE 2 with Pictures of the DIFF -- Replacing rear bearings on a Dodge pickup?

.007 is fine if you're setting up a new gear set. If he's reusing the old gear set, he needs to measure backlash

-before- anything is disturbed or disassembled. When he reassembles and sets backlash and bearing preload, he needs to set the backlash to what he measured originally.

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aarcuda69062
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This is why the manual tells you to take it somewhere to get it done. Phillip screwdrivers don't make good torque wrenches.

beekeep

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beekeep
  1. There is no bearing pre-load on the carrier bearings, only the pinion bearing, and we aren't discussing the pinion here.

  1. If Iggy takes the ring bear backlash now it may be an invalid reading since the side adjusters have moved, throwing the ring gear out of adjustment.

Techincally, the backlash value is engraved on the ring gear. But for practical purposes anything from .006 to .008 should be fine.

Tony

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Tony

Bee,

Having rebuilt a few 9.25 Mopar rears, including machining custom axle shafts, installing limited slips, and such, the screwdriver method works fine. As a matter of fact thats why the factory places the adjustment holes in the side adjusters. It's not practical to buy every tool the service manual recommends. The only tools you really need are a dial indicator and a good mechanical sense.

Tony

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Tony

"Tony" wrote in news:XdBRg.1571$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe09.lga:

Screwdriver? Feh.

Don't you have a set of pin punches?

There'll be one in there that fits just right.

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D Murphy

Geez, he didn't tell me he had pictures. Seems he lost the lock on the left adjuster. It would seem that this adjuster worked its way loose and the carrier is floating to the left under load. It doesn't look like he has too much wear on the ring gear. At this point I would tighten *ONLY* the left adjuster to get proper load on the bearings. He shouldn't need to set the rear up if he didn't screw with the right adjuster. The noise will disappear once the bearings are properly loaded. If he still has noise after this it would be best to go down to the bone yard and get a low mileage rear for about $75.

Rita

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Rita Ä Berkow

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