Street Cruser
The differential is assembled, plan is to put it back in tomorrow.
I used a few pieces of scrap iron to build a frame to mount the differential housing to my engine rollover. That worked out well.
Later in the process when setting up the back lash I attached a strip of steel to the housing to hold the magnetic dial indicator base.
Worked great to be able to slide the base right in on a tooth without any fixture adjustments.
Some particulars on the final set up:
The final large bearing shim thickness ended up at .0970, with the OE gear set it was .0950
The pinion bearing shim thickness ended up at .0395, with the OE gear set it was .0510
Torque to turn only the pinion 10 to 11 inch lb
Torque to turn the complete assembly 25 inch lb
Backlash in four places spaced around the ring gear
.0075
.0075
.0008
.0100
Installed new ring gear bolts
For the pinion nut, the FSM specifies 240 FT lbs, Dr Diff says that is wrong and the correct value is 170 Ft lbs.
Installed a new nut and washer and I went with 185 FT lbs and a drop of Red Loctite
The differential is assembled, plan is to put it back in tomorrow.
I used a few pieces of scrap iron to build a frame to mount the differential housing to my engine rollover. That worked out well.
Later in the process when setting up the back lash I attached a strip of steel to the housing to hold the magnetic dial indicator base.
Worked great to be able to slide the base right in on a tooth without any fixture adjustments.
Some particulars on the final set up:
The final large bearing shim thickness ended up at .0970, with the OE gear set it was .0950
The pinion bearing shim thickness ended up at .0395, with the OE gear set it was .0510
Torque to turn only the pinion 10 to 11 inch lb
Torque to turn the complete assembly 25 inch lb
Backlash in four places spaced around the ring gear
.0075
.0075
.0008
.0100
Installed new ring gear bolts
For the pinion nut, the FSM specifies 240 FT lbs, Dr Diff says that is wrong and the correct value is 170 Ft lbs.
Installed a new nut and washer and I went with 185 FT lbs and a drop of Red Loctite