8.8 swap
Well got my pinion out. Had to use an aluminum plate and mini sledge to knock it out. Put plywood under it to catch it. It was frozen onto the fwd pinion bearing inner race. I bought a Yukon gear crush sleeve eliminator kit. Looks very well make IMHO. I figure that's the best way to fly on this. My crush sleeve that came out of the rear measured out at .451". The eliminator kit came with a lot of different thickness shims. Without the shims added inside the 2 halves of the eliminator it measured .426" . So I had to make a shim stack to bring total thickness back up to .451" . I was able to mix n match and get it to .452". Not sure what that extra .001" is going to do for my pinion depth and contact pattern, but it's a start for setting it up. I got a ways to go before this. Need to pull the outer races out, along with the axle bearings, and give the housing a good cleaning first.
Well got my pinion out. Had to use an aluminum plate and mini sledge to knock it out. Put plywood under it to catch it. It was frozen onto the fwd pinion bearing inner race. I bought a Yukon gear crush sleeve eliminator kit. Looks very well make IMHO. I figure that's the best way to fly on this. My crush sleeve that came out of the rear measured out at .451". The eliminator kit came with a lot of different thickness shims. Without the shims added inside the 2 halves of the eliminator it measured .426" . So I had to make a shim stack to bring total thickness back up to .451" . I was able to mix n match and get it to .452". Not sure what that extra .001" is going to do for my pinion depth and contact pattern, but it's a start for setting it up. I got a ways to go before this. Need to pull the outer races out, along with the axle bearings, and give the housing a good cleaning first.
