I finally gave in on the ARB and bought it online. Another thread pointed out polyperformance had a 10% coupon, so I ran with it. Also order a pinion install kit from
@cruiseroutfit, but forgot the carrier bearings. Maybe if they haven’t shipped I can get them on the same order. I’ll reach out today.
Plan is to rebuild the rear differential that got pulled when I upgraded to the fine spline 80 chunk/arb for the back. I need to dig this out of the parts pile and make sure it’s up for the job. If not I’ll pull the diff out of the cruiser.
This leads me to the next step- do I farm out the locker install or do it myself? I’ve never set up a differential, but like most shadetree mechanics I enjoy a challenge. I’ve been watching the
@OTRAMM youtube videos on the 9.5 diff and I think I have a decent grasp on what it takes. Tool wise I’ll have to buy a dial indicator and fab up the SST for the end caps, but the rest I have at work. OR I breakdown the old diff and farm it out to a local shop. It would likely be better done and I wouldn’t have to buy/make any special tools that aren’t likely to used a lot. What do peeps think?
@White Stripe i think this is your area of expertise- should I leave it to the pro?