8 1/4 Gear Change Question
Like I said, I've done a lot of searches online, some on the NAXJA forums, and everyplace has different torque specs. I do know that the adjusters are supposed to be tight enough tro preload the bearings, enough that when you remove the caps, you still have to pry or tap the carrier out. I have already made a tool for the adjusters out of a chev torsion bar and a 1/2 drive socket adapter. $10. You can remove the pinion bearings and carrier bearings with a bearing separator - I know because that's what I used, and I already have the new carrier bearings pressed on, and the old pinion bearing ground out for setup. Funny thing is, out of three pinion bearings I pressed off - 2 were 3.55 pinions and one was the 2.45 pinion - only 1 had a shim, which looks to me to be around .018 - but I dont' have a caliper at the moment. The other two were seated flat against the pinon gear. Now all I need to do is finish setting everything up, and try to get a good pattern, but I also need to know torque specs for everything. My Haynes manuals don't list them. In my searches, I've read everything from 55 lbs to 80 ft/lbs of torque on the ring gear bolts. Does anyone have anything concrete to go by?