On your pinion shaft there is a bearing and a collapsible spacer. As you
tighten the pinion nut the spacer will collapse against the bearing to seat
it. The idea is to get the pinion nut set to the proper pre-load torque
(maximum of 350 lb-ft) and a very light rotating torque (about 15 lb-in,
that's inches!). If you go too far with either torque setting you get to
remove everything and install a new collapsible spacer and try again.
Regards, Mike Klinke
-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Villaire <s_villaire@yahoo.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 6:09 AM
Subject: DML: Rear End
>I called a shop today about getting new gears put in the Dak. They said
>$475 for 4.10 gears out the door. Then I asked them how much it would cost
>if I supplied the gears, they said "$225 to align the gear set and preload"
>This price seems much cheaper. Question is what does "preload" mean? Also
>what kind of break in peroid is there when new gears are installed.
>
>Thanks
>
>=====
>Shawn
>
>00 CC 4X4 Sport, 4.7l,flowmaster cat-back, k&n homebrew open air filter,180
t-stat,autolite 3923's,Jet Stage II, more to come....
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>
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