help needed!!carrier swap

[chevy wrangler]

so say i take out my carrier, unbolt the ring gear and swap spiders, it wont mess anything up if i put it back in??

sorry if i am askin too much its just i dont want to mess this up

thanks for all your help

 

[Speedo]

so say i take out my carrier, unbolt the ring gear and swap spiders, it wont mess anything up if i put it back in??

sorry if i am askin too much its just i dont want to mess this up

thanks for all your help

When you pull the ring gear you need to flush the holes out with some kind of solvent to get all of the gear lube out of the threads, it is a good idea to use new bolts if you have them. Clean up the threads on a couple of the old bolts and tighten the ring gear to the carrier, then start putting the new bolts in with red locktite on the threads. The reason for doing it this way is to minimize the chances to getting locktite between the ring gear and the carrier. Once you have all the new bolts in except for the places where you have the old bolts with dry threads go ahead and tighten up the new bolts with the locktite on them and then replace the old bolts with the new ones with locktite. Now torque them to specs. The backlash will be the same as when you took the carrier out.

Gus

 

[chevy wrangler]

cool thanks so where do i get these new bolts?? whats the grade on em??

thanks for all your help gus

 

[Speedo]

You should be able to get them anywhere that sells drivetrain parts. The bolts are specific to this application and they are grade 8. Anytime Gus.

Gus

 

[chevy wrangler]

what would happen if i use the same old ones?? i have 2 sets!LOL

 

[Speedo]

Probably nothing, it is not a recommended procedure but it gets done frequently. One of the problems is that gear lube is a good thread lube and it is possible to overtorque the bolts even though you use the proper torque with a calibrated torque wrench. If you clean the threads in the ring gear and the bolt threads and the only thing on the threads is red locktite then you should be ok. It is better to use new bolts if possible though.

Gus

 

[chevy wrangler]

okay so imma try to get new ones but if not ill just clean everything in parts washer for about a day or two and use locktite thanks again for all your help

 

[chevy wrangler]

well i went to visit jamber2541(jaime) the other day (cool dude btw) well he helped me swap the spiders and told me how to put the carrier back in. thanks again jaime.

so today i went wheeling and all i can say is damn it feels good to have 4wd back!!!LOL

my day was short ended when i got a flat tire but it was all good.

so yeah problem fixed, thanks for all your help guys. pics to come tomorrow

p.s jaime's truck is awesome!!!