Dana 30 pinion bearings
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Gunna start working on it in a bit, will update with what I find. Probably gunna go get a 20 ton harbor freight press and order some other tools. Figure I could spend 450 to have it done once at a shop or spend 450 on tools and be able to do pretty much any job in the future. If it all goes pear shaped there's always triple A.
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For why? It would be a bear to get the axle up on the press and anyway it would only work if you have the right race installation kit.
And if you have the kit you don't need a press cause you could just bang it in.
Get a brass punch.
And if you have the kit you don't need a press cause you could just bang it in.
Get a brass punch.
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The comfort of this is everything is returnable up to 90 days. This jeeps not my daily, it can sit around as long as I want it to. I'll post a video showing you guys just how loose this entire diff setup is.
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How could these possibly look this good? The races all looked silky smooth. The carrier still needs shimmed up cause it's far too loose in the housing. The gears look brand new basically. That pinion nut might just of been too loose. But I tried cranking down on it originally super hard and it didn't turn but maybe a 10th of an inch. The seal needed replaced as well on the back so I'll throw the new bearings on it and try and get it shimmed up right and see how she goes. At least the gears don't look damaged.
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http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/car.../049layout.jpg
The "race" on the left is pressed onto the undercut portion of the shaft on the wheel hub to the right of the image, creating the proper bearing running clearance ("preload") when bottomed out. The press fit alone is not enough to resist the forces applied while driving. The outer stub shaft bottoms out against the far side of the "race" and the nut tightens against the back side of the wheel hub, holding that press fit together with 150 ft-lbs of torque on the nut, similar torque to the wheel bearing outer nut on a 2wd car or a non-unit bearing 4WD. I can't say with 100% certainty whether the early model XJ/TJ D30 unit bearings have this issue or not; they are rebuildable with a nut instead of that "race".
Here's a picture of a newer-model XJ/TJ 2wd, which uses the same unit-bearing as the 4WD with a stub-axle without u-joint ears.
https://comancheclub.com/uploads/arc...239b2265bd.jpg
They went a step further on the newer Jeeps, JKs and the sort, and eliminated the fake stub-shaft on 2WDs by making it so the unit-bearing holds itself together without it. The same unit bearing is used on 4WDs, so they get the added benefit of not needing the stub shaft either...
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Someone really messed up the setup on that differential. You will have to reset it all. you could try to be precise by following the measurements process on the thread previously provided, or you could just go for a paint pattern that gets you close enough. as long as your backlash measurement is within range, as long at the preload is within range, and if you get a decent paint contact pattern, you should be good to go.
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Someone really messed up the setup on that differential. You will have to reset it all. you could try to be precise by following the measurements process on the thread previously provided, or you could just go for a paint pattern that gets you close enough. as long as your backlash measurement is within range, as long at the preload is within range, and if you get a decent paint contact pattern, you should be good to go.