10b front lock right INSTALL HELP

[obijuan]

basically does the lockright fit inside the carrier with the aftermarket 4.56 gears on it? i really dont feel like having to take the ring gear off. i remember somebody talking about having difficulties but i cant find where and not sure if it was the same situation. thanks for your help guys!

 

[AZ79K5Project]

I don't know about your setup - but some have had trouble getting the assembly in the carrier. This has to do with tolerances of the ring gear assembly and the opening not being as big as expected.

My Powertrax was a major PITA to get it into place. I'm running 3.73. I read that some do a little grinding on the differential carrier opening to get it into place.

 

[obijuan]

so theres no big interferance with the ring gear, thats kinda what i thought was a problem.

im picking up a pwertrax new from a buddy, i just dont want to have trouble doing this. its my DD and i gotta be at work early mondays!

 

[JDNobodi]

Remember he said 3.73 gears. 4.56 gears would have the gear teeth closer to the cross pin.

 

[BILTIT]

I had to remove the ring gear to get mine in with factory 4.10's.

 

[pauly383]

I stuck mine in when I did the 4:56 install . I think I stuck it in before the ring gear wnile it was out . Dunno if it would clear with gear on it .

Your gonna have to remove the cover anyway , just try the shaft removal first and see . Your also going to have to remove the outers too , the axle shafts are in the way of intstalling it all . So a little extra work isn't gonna bother you at that point anyway

I do know on d44's the ring gear has to go to do it .

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

If the locker doesn't quite fit, just grind the ring gear tooth down a little so that the locker will fit. That part of the ring gear isn't really in contact with the pinion anyway, it won't make your gearset any weaker.

 

[barneybasher1010]

mine went right in with factory 4.10s.

 

[obijuan]

i appreciate the insight guys, at the same time im going to try to do flattops, balljoints, ujoints, bearings, and 8 luggin it.

 

[gmc4cw]

I had to remove the ring gear to get a lock right in my dana 44 with 4.56 gears. which also means that you need to completely disassemble the front axle. might as well order new axle seals why you have everything out.

 

[obijuan]

just bumping this because i got this thing and i cant see the tiny pictures in the instructions, if anyone has some larger pics or a write up for a non c clip axle that would be sweet.

 

[Thunder]

Pull the carrier , Take off the ring gear and install the lockrite. Its not rocket science. Just nuts, bolts, gears, and springs.

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

If you pull the ring gear, make sure you do the following:



Mark the bearing caps and their orientation, they are specifically machined to each housing (and up/down matters).

Keep track of the shims. If its still the OEM gearset there will probably only be one big shim on each side. If its aftermarket, there will be a bunch of little shims and you will probably bend and destroy them unless you've setup gears before.

Make sure the ring gear and carrier surfaces are ridiculously clean. Even a spec of dirt that is a couple thousands of an inch will screw up the gear contact.

Always, always, always use red loctite on the ring gear bolts. If you don't, they will come loose and destroy everything in the diff. I've seen it happen twice to people that thought they knew what they were doing