Recent content by TerryMason

I'll agree that 23 looked good, but only on the coast side. From what I read, I should focus on the drive side primarily. I think I'm on the right track now. This time around I kept the 0.030 pinion, but went back to the factory carrier shims. These are way too loose and my backlash was only...

Let us know the model and year of Jeep you have, and we can be more help. Are you referring to the upper door skins on a Jeep Wrangler? https://www.amazon.com/Sierra-Offroad-Wrangler-TJ-1997-2002/dp/B00LDBYXWG?th=1

Pinion shims of 0.030 This gave me zero backlash which will have to be fixed, but I think the patterns look better overall. Coast side And drive side Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk

Pinion shim of 0.023 (this was the factory shim) This much of a change ended up changing my backlash to about 0.05, and it should be between 8 and 12. I ran the patterns anyway just to see what they look like Drive side And Coast side Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk

0.012 inch pinion shim Coast side Drive side Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk

This is what I'm getting with a 0.010 inch pinion shim Coast side And drive side Leaving this here mainly so I can keep track of which shims look best Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk

That's pretty awesome. I hope I never get to try it out.

Looks like there was a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation because those Silverado brake lines rust so bad that they would fail https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2011/INCR-EA11001-50409.pdf Not sure a picture of brake lines would do any good, but its something to think...

I'm still plugging away at this. Definitely learning a lot from this process. I think I've got the carrier shims dialed in and I'm clocking about 9 thousands of backlash which is good. I went ahead and made set up bearings which entails hollowing out the same brand Pinion bearing that I will...

Looks OK to me, assuming you're getting a good deal. If I bought it I would immediately treat with something - fluid film will help it for a season. Do inside the frame rails and outside.

that connector took a beating!

I'm trying to decide if it this scenario is the green or the blue. I tried to shortcut things, and just went full send with a crush sleeve, locktite, etc. I assumed that since I was just changing the two pinion bearing and races I'd be fine. Now I need to pull it apart. I'll try moving...

Things were going good today for a while, I had my backlash dialed into 10,000s and everything looked good. I decided to run a pattern before I buttoned everything up. From what I gather this is a pretty bad pattern. I applied way too much of the paint but the drive side looks pretty bad. I'm...

Here's another question. This washer was behind the pinion seal and in front of the outer bearing. Is this the oil Slinger? My master rebuild kit does not seem to have a replacement for this. I bent it up when trying to pry out the seal and bearing. Do you guys think I should reuse this one...

Let me know if I'm making a mistake, but my plan is to put it together with new pinion bearings and races and run my factory gears. I have a new set of motive gears that I got for $200 that I can use, but it looks like I'd be fine to run the factory stuff. Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk