It sounds like maybe you got lucky. While tightening the pinion nut a
torque wrench is not needed, but eliminating the free play is. But what is
needed is after the free play is eliminated, an INCH-POUND torque wrench is
usually applied to the pinion nut, and the force necessary to turn the
pinion gear is measured. The Ring Gear should not be in place, so you will
be turning only the pinion gear. Usually, the only time you replace the
Crush Sleeve is when you replace the pinion bearings, so you'd be setting
the tension on the pinion without the ring gear anyway.
I'm glad that your outcome has been successful.
Mike Higgins
----- Original Message -----
From: "M.B." <mailinglists@moparhowto.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: DML: While we're talking about automatic transmissions...
>
> Heck if I remember the terminology, it was 98 degrees out at the time and
> I was more worried about not burning myself by touching any metal surface
> nearby and not collapsing from heat exhaustion. That black anti-rust
> coating they put on the frame is really good at getting up to
> skin-scalding temps in direct sunlight.
>
> I just remember we had to tighten the pinion nut to a certain torque that
> was over 250ft/lbs and had to "guess" past that point because we maxed out
> the torque wrench before the pinion nut was snug enough to not have a ton
> of play.
>
> He's driven it a few thousand miles and towed a loaded trailer that was so
> over the GCVW limit of the truck (the thing was made from parts off a
> mobile home, including the axles and tires) that he had to downshift to
> second to go up mild hills and it's still quiet and in one piece, so I
> guess we got lucky. :)
>
> M.B.
>
>
> On 2/27/2011 11:18 AM, Michael Maskalans wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Feb 26, 2011, at 12:19 AM, <mailinglists@moparhowto.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Sure was fun finding a torque wrench that went over 250ft/lb to
>>> set the crush sleeve.
>>
>> Crush sleeves aren't set by torque.... they're set by preload.
>>
>> but if you had success I'm sure you did it right anyway :)
>>
>> Mike
>>
>
>
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