Hello all,
I'm currently doing a rear disc conversion and opened up my rear differential. Poked and prodded, and noticed what seems to be A LOT of slop in the spider gears. From what I read, some slack in the spiders is acceptable, that they are not shimmed for clearance, but the side gears are.
Checked the side gears, and it looks like I have .030 slop in the passenger side gear, and not much on the driver side gear.
Lots of slack and slop on the center pin spacer, between the spider gears. The spacer is kind of wobbling around on the pin.
The ring and pinion seems fine to my (obviously) untrained eye.
How's it look, and what do I need to do to fix it? Thanks so much, B.
edit: been reading. It looks like there are different width side gear spacers and center blocks available. Will need to get measuring.
...spider gears
...side gear
I'm currently doing a rear disc conversion and opened up my rear differential. Poked and prodded, and noticed what seems to be A LOT of slop in the spider gears. From what I read, some slack in the spiders is acceptable, that they are not shimmed for clearance, but the side gears are.
Checked the side gears, and it looks like I have .030 slop in the passenger side gear, and not much on the driver side gear.
Lots of slack and slop on the center pin spacer, between the spider gears. The spacer is kind of wobbling around on the pin.
The ring and pinion seems fine to my (obviously) untrained eye.
How's it look, and what do I need to do to fix it? Thanks so much, B.
edit: been reading. It looks like there are different width side gear spacers and center blocks available. Will need to get measuring.
...spider gears
...side gear
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