Detroit install....re-setup gears?

[broncoman6524]

im going to be swappin a diff 10b into my truck soon so i can have better gears. ( yes i know 10bs suck) anyway its a lsd and i would realy like to put a detroit in the rear. like the title owuld i have to reset up my gears or can i just pop the ring rear out and install it and bam im done? lol

for what i plan to use it for im thinkin the detroit. its my dd, auto tranny, and all i do is mud. i know it will lock up around corners if i peg it too hard hahaha

 

[pauly383]

Use the old gear setup as a baseline . I watched a pro do my rear , and attempted the front myself with the old gear setup ( used gears and the shims for the old carrier the gears were in onto a random carrier into my front housing ) .

I got so close the pattern looked good in the marking compund .

But be prepared to take it in and out if its not right . Shims are under the pressed on pinion bearing , which sucks unless you have a an old pinion bearing to grind the center on to let it slide on and off for trying the shims . And the crush sleeve takes a lot to start crushing , unless you order solid spacers . Thats why it pays to have someone do it . I let someone else do my rear .

 

[readymix]

Set the BL, then check pinion depth. Most times on a carrier swap you won't need to change the pinion depth.....but don't ever assume that without checking.

 

[beater_k20]

I watched a pro do my rear

I let someone else do my rear .

sigs anyone?

 

[JEBSR]

Now that's just nasty....... Silly F@gg0ts D!cKs are for chicks

 

[gmc4cw]

But be prepared to take it in and out if its not right.

this is good one too.

 

[JEBSR]

Didn't even notice that one. Good catch

 

[broncoman6524]

hahaha so from what im getting is. yes i MAY have to reset up my gears? how about just swapping whole chunks from one axle to another? like carriers and everything.

 

[readymix]

Not that easy

 

[broncoman6524]

care to explain why? hahaha i talked to a guy and he said all i needed to do was unbolt the whole center section count hte shims and whatnot. then pull out my pinion and just reinstall it into my front end...

 

[readymix]

I would be willing to bet that "that guy" has no damn idea what he is talking about.

The reason for the shims is to account for differences in all of the machiningbetween gearsets and housings.

If you were to change axles and carriers you WILL need to completely set up the gears.

If you change just the carrier you would most likely need to just set BL. The pinion depth should remain the same since that is to account for differences in the machining of the pinion.

 

[JEBSR]

I would be willing to bet that "that guy" has no damn idea what he is talking about.

The reason for the shims is to account for differences in all of the machiningbetween gearsets and housings.

If you were to change axles and carriers you WILL need to completely set up the gears.

If you change just the carrier you would most likely need to just set BL. The pinion depth should remain the same since that is to account for differences in the machining of the pinion.

Exactly.

Sorry about the jokes, it was just too good to pass up.