Excellent as usual! Remember those older GM 10 bolts? As soon as you removed the axles the carrier would just about fall out. They seemed to have no preload from the factory, LOL. Forty to go........😀
Curious why you would adjust backlash after an acceptable pattern? I always do carrier preload/back lash first, then check pattern. If pattern is off, I start all over with shims. I’m still learning… I’ve done a Dana 44 and my 76 corvette, getting prepped to do a d30 hp now. Informative and well do video!
Ok, let me see if I can answer this so it makes sense. The pinion depth controls the contact pattern with the ring gear, the backlash controls the distance between the ring teeth and the pinion teeth. When you are adjusting the pinion depth, you only need to be close to the backlash to see the depth pattern and any change in the pinion depth will alter the distance in backlash. Once I get an acceptable pattern, then I can do a final assembly on the pinion gear with the seal, crush sleeve etcetera. Once the pinion depth is complete, I can dial in the backlash to the exact or close to exact as I want and set the preload on the side bearings at the same time. If you set your backlash first, and then go after an acceptable pattern, you will have more assembly and disassembly along with the problem, if you change the pinion depth at all, the backlash will also change. This may be a good one for one of my Q&A videos I am planning. Thanks.
Excellent video, very informative. The crush sleeve tips were very helpful.
Excellent as usual! Remember those older GM 10 bolts? As soon as you removed the axles the carrier would just about fall out. They seemed to have no preload from the factory, LOL. Forty to go........😀
Thank you. very informative and easy to follow
Curious why you would adjust backlash after an acceptable pattern? I always do carrier preload/back lash first, then check pattern. If pattern is off, I start all over with shims. I’m still learning… I’ve done a Dana 44 and my 76 corvette, getting prepped to do a d30 hp now. Informative and well do video!
Ok, let me see if I can answer this so it makes sense. The pinion depth controls the contact pattern with the ring gear, the backlash controls the distance between the ring teeth and the pinion teeth. When you are adjusting the pinion depth, you only need to be close to the backlash to see the depth pattern and any change in the pinion depth will alter the distance in backlash. Once I get an acceptable pattern, then I can do a final assembly on the pinion gear with the seal, crush sleeve etcetera. Once the pinion depth is complete, I can dial in the backlash to the exact or close to exact as I want and set the preload on the side bearings at the same time. If you set your backlash first, and then go after an acceptable pattern, you will have more assembly and disassembly along with the problem, if you change the pinion depth at all, the backlash will also change. This may be a good one for one of my Q&A videos I am planning. Thanks.