Ring and pinion contact problem
I pulled the pinion back out and took a picture and it looks to be seated correctly maybe you can see something I am missing. After taking a look I noticed that the original bearing was a Koyo and the new bearing in the SOR rebuild kit was from...
Rebuilding the rear differential on my 78 fj40. The problem is that I can't get the ring and pinion tooth contact pattern to move towards the heel of the tooth. I started with the thickest pinion depth shim (.45) and the contact was all the way to the toe of the tooth. For my 2nd attempt I...
I am replacing my rear springs now and have the truck setting on jackstands placed in front of the front attachment point of the rear springs. I used the 12 ton jackstands from harbor freight and placed them under the straight horizontal section of the frame where it is boxed. It might be...
Poser,
Could you please give the information for the wheels and tires that are on that truck? That's the look I am aiming for on my rig....I've got a long way to go but a nice looking truck like that sure keeps me motivated to work on mine!
Thanks,
Patrick
Thanks for all the replies! I removed the bearing caps to clean everything inside the differential. When I first tried to drain the rear diff nothing would come out at all. After removing the cover I found it was packed full of a heavy paste like substance, what a mess! So I tried to scrape...
I opened my rear differential today so I could pull the rear axles and it looks different than the haynes manual diagrams. Is this an oem set-up or after market? Are the gears in the photo on top of the lockright box for the rear differential, are they gears that would have been oem or are they...
I opened my rear differential today so I could pull the rear axles and it looks different than the haynes manual diagrams. Is this an oem set-up or after market? Are the gears in the photo on top of the lockright box for the rear differential, are they gears that would have been oem or are...
I don't have a clue how the belt tension works. The bracket holes line up with the bolts for the water pump but I really can't figure the rest of it out. Any thoughts about a better bracket that I could use????