The adjuster is easy - turn them out (count the amount of turns) and when
you reinstall...count the turns and set to spec (turn the right one first
and then the left to set tolerance)...takes all but 5 minutes.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: Zito, James A (GE Infra, Energy) [mailto:james.zito@ge.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 5:22 PM
To: Dakota list (E-mail)
Subject: DML: RE: I hate rear ends....
OK, true traxx all installed and i think it's in correctly.
Got to the shop this AM bashed the pinion out, using large Ford tool.
Brought new pinion over to nearby shop to install rear pinion bearing.
Drove 30 mile round trip to get yet another and final set of ring gear
bolts.
Pinion installed.
Ring gear installed.
What complete ABSOLUTE MORON came up with the "dreaded, err threaded,
adjuster?"
Shims weren't good enuff for Ma Mopar?
So with no special 40" long male wrench i used a scribe and small Ford tool
to get them set so that my pattern looked good and there were no strange
noises when spinning by hand.
Get it all back together, and run it with the wheels up again no noises.
Figure i'll either drop the cover next week or hopefully will be at a job
site where i can borrow a borescope to see if the ring looks happy.
Jim
would really rather work on a GM 3rd member.
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