73redblaze
1/2 ton status
iv been searching for a how to thread on swapping diff gears. some well written write up with pleanty of pictures. maybe you guys could help. looking to swap 4.88s or 5.13's and a detroit in a 60
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how to swap gears?
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You'll need some special tools and expect it to take a LONG time for your first gearset.
http://pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/Gear_Setup/
http://pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/Gear_Setup/
shaun89
1/2 ton status
first...disconnect the positive cable on ur battery so the vehicle cant be operated when servicing
but ya, exactly what he said, just take ur time and be patient. there r a few tricks u can do with the bearings and stuff to make finding the right shims and taking the carrier in and out about a hundred times easier. one trick that i no is to grind the inside race of the OLD bearings so u can basically slide them on and off the pinion and carrier.so its easy to find the right shims. instead of pressing them on when u need to add or take out shims.
but ya, exactly what he said, just take ur time and be patient. there r a few tricks u can do with the bearings and stuff to make finding the right shims and taking the carrier in and out about a hundred times easier. one trick that i no is to grind the inside race of the OLD bearings so u can basically slide them on and off the pinion and carrier.so its easy to find the right shims. instead of pressing them on when u need to add or take out shims.
73redblaze
1/2 ton status
what a bastard of a task..
I rebuilt my rear 10-bolt. It's not bad.
Things I'd do different:
1) I'd shave the inside of the races on both the inner AND outer pinion bearing for setup purposes. After I ruined a couple of perfectly good inners, I made a setup bearing with the old one. I should've made one for the outer as well. Every time I had to break it back down I had to put the whole 10-bolt in my press to push the pinion back out.
2) I'd thin out the gear marking compound with a little gear oil to make reading a pattern easier. I was advised to do this, but didn't because I'd already grown accustomed to looking at the pattern with just the non-thinned paint.
3) I would've ended up getting a crush-sleeve-eliminator kit sooner. If you have a crush sleeve and don't have a seriously HUGE breaker bar (6ft long, 3/4" drive) or a seriously stout impact wrench (I have neither) then the eliminator makes it SOOOOO much easier. I tried to get my crush sleeve to crush--couldn't do it. That reminds me, I owe Deadlew his crush sleeves back.
4) I would've got a GOOD shim kit much sooner. I needed to make adjustments that were smaller than my first THREE shim kits would allow. I ended up getting the good stuff at a shop that specializes in axles, manual trannies, transfer cases, etc... just anything that had gears.
Needless to say, regearing the front will take MUCH less time than the rear did. Of course, there's those pesky steering components that need to be rebuilt/replaced...
