The Mud Pit > Wrenching
Axel and Locker
calvynandhobbs:
If this is just a lunchbox you just need to mark the pinion and make sure it goes back together the same way it came out after replacing the spider gears with the lunchbox. I was thinking you were putting in a detroit that replaces the carrier. I've installed mini-spools and lunchbox lockers without having to reset everything.
reptile610:
--- Quote from: calvynandhobbs on May 02, 2012, 01:59:52 PM ---I'm tied up Saturday, but when I replaced the bearings on D44 rear axle shafts I did not use any press. I put the shafts in my freezer over night and I put the bearings in a toaster oven for about 3 hours prior to doing the install. They slid together really easy.
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this proves you are from michigan ;D
B52BUFF:
;D All has gone great so far... :o Until... :( I broke an oil seal while trying to install it into the end of the axle. :'( I have been calling around for the part but even though it is a common part but neither Auto Zone or Advanced Auto carry it. >:( Everybody else closes between noon and 5 pm on Saturdays. If Bumper to Bumper doesn't have it tomorrow then I will have to order it online.
Would anybody have a CR 13990 oil seal they would be willing to sell?
I will post pictures as I have taken several. As I watched the spider gears fall out I realized I was past the point of no return. More to follow.
B52BUFF:
;D Bumper to Bumper on Rte 12 across from the Sub Base had two of them. I am back on track.
Roger, thank you for the freezer/oven suggestion! It worked great. Sometime this week I will hopefully finish up this project. :P Today I have to focus on a 9 page paper I have due on Thursday. I have plenty of pictures I will post soon.
B52BUFF:
So I pushed the 9 page paper off just a bit and tried to work on the locker yesterday. It looks like I am going to have to adjust the shims on the pinion. I most likely won't get back to the project until next saturday. I have also had trouble with the axle shafts or shaft. The driver side shaft appears not to have been machined properly. The passenger shaft slides right in with little to no fuss. The left one on the other hand seems that it may have slipped through quality control. If you compare them side by side you can see that the left tines are flat and not well defined. We have managed to get it in but not without frustration and personal injury. (smashed fingers) I will be calling G2 about this. So stay tuned for more about this project that I am no longer nervous about. I am frustrated. ???
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