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mopar head said

fishy, 175 ftlb.s seems pretty high for torque with an eliminator?
From the reading I`ve done it seems 125 is enough with the eliminator?
My wrench only goes to 150
Their`s only .016 of shims on it now, I`ll take it all back apart and see if I can get that nut torque alot higher with adding the shims, and report back.
Anyone want to opine on the pattern/depth with the new pics?

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Why do you think a crush sleeve eliminator changes the torque value? The 741 and 742 cases use a solid pinion spacer like you installed. The torque spec for them is 240 Ft. lbs. For that reason it seems to me that 175 ft. lbs. of torque if anything is on the light side.

Maybe someone else can comment on the torque setting. It's been a long time ago when I first used a crush sleeve eliminator kit and that's where I read to use 175 ft. lbs and have been doing so for several yrs. with good results. Since it's been so long I don't remember who wrote it up to reference it, sorry