Could you please tell me the torque lbs for the rear pinion seal for my 94 toy pickup 4wd ext cab. It's leaking pretty bad and I've put it off long enough. Any other tips would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
rear pinion seal torque lbs needed for a 94 4wd toy pickup
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You don't really need to torque it down. Just make sure to count the number of threads showing on the pinion and the orientation of the indent. Then when tightening it down, just go back the same number of showing threads and just a little past the original indent.
I would trust that more than any torque spec...
I would trust that more than any torque spec...
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Thank you, Sno
I will second snobdds. If you aren't taking it completely apart, then that is the way to go.
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Hopefully that's all. Once I pull the old seal is that when I should move the pinion around to see if I have some play? I also forgot to mention I have a lockrite in that diff. Thanks.
Yes, once the seal is out you should be able to move it around to see if there is any play in the pinion. Lots of play will mean further inspection, which will probably lead to a rebuild.
One trick to getting the pinion seal in square and flat. Put the seal on the flange the way it would seat normally and put it on the pinion. Then tighten the nut back on the flange a few turns. Then take the nut off and remove the flange. The seal will now be in the housing square and straight. Then just Finnish tapping it in with a block of wood with a hole in the middle big enough to get the pinion through. If that seal is not in perfectly strait and flush, it will leak again.
One trick to getting the pinion seal in square and flat. Put the seal on the flange the way it would seat normally and put it on the pinion. Then tighten the nut back on the flange a few turns. Then take the nut off and remove the flange. The seal will now be in the housing square and straight. Then just Finnish tapping it in with a block of wood with a hole in the middle big enough to get the pinion through. If that seal is not in perfectly strait and flush, it will leak again.
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SWEET, Thank you Snobdds!