Rear Gears
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Toronto Ontario
Rear Gears
Has anyone here actually changed out their own gears. I don't mean swapping out the entire diff, but actually going in and replacing the ring/pinion, and then setting it up. I know the tools required are a big financial hurdle, and it's a pretty tricky task to set the proper pinion depth and lash...but surely a few of us here have done it?
For those who have, how did you do it?
For those who have, how did you do it?
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Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Canonsburg PA
I bought the kent-moore tool kit like this one on eBay. I think it would be impossible without the kit.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Kent-...motiveQ5fTools
All the instructions are included with the kit. You need a hydraulic press and a torque wrench. We used gear marking compound and kept shimming the pinion until it hit the ring right, IIRC. I used the Motive 4:10 gear set and the shims were included.
I bought the shim selector kit as well, but we didn't use that. Just marking compound.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Kent-...motiveQ5fTools
All the instructions are included with the kit. You need a hydraulic press and a torque wrench. We used gear marking compound and kept shimming the pinion until it hit the ring right, IIRC. I used the Motive 4:10 gear set and the shims were included.
I bought the shim selector kit as well, but we didn't use that. Just marking compound.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 782
Likes: 45
From: Toronto Ontario
I bought the kent-moore tool kit like this one on eBay. I think it would be impossible without the kit.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Kent-...motiveQ5fTools
All the instructions are included with the kit. You need a hydraulic press and a torque wrench. We used gear marking compound and kept shimming the pinion until it hit the ring right, IIRC. I used the Motive 4:10 gear set and the shims were included.
I bought the shim selector kit as well, but we didn't use that. Just marking compound.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Kent-...motiveQ5fTools
All the instructions are included with the kit. You need a hydraulic press and a torque wrench. We used gear marking compound and kept shimming the pinion until it hit the ring right, IIRC. I used the Motive 4:10 gear set and the shims were included.
I bought the shim selector kit as well, but we didn't use that. Just marking compound.
How's ur diff runnin"?
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