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Originally Posted by arrabil
Are you guys kidding? Why can't you reuse a pinion bearing with 3600 miles on it?
Are you sure the guy who responded didn't say a new pinion nut? The nut it not supposed to be reused. I've only ever reused them when only replacing the pinion seal.
I wouldn't replace a single bearing if I had it done at Ford (with 3600 miles that is). They use a totally different method for figuring pinion depth. All you need then is a crush sleeve, pinion nut, ring bolts, and both shim kits. Its generally called a minimum install kit.
Now if I were doing it myself, I would eat the cost of a master install kit because I would shave a hair from inside of the old pinion and carrier bearings and use them for mock-up.
Smok][n, you didn't reshim or use a torque wrench?!?! Its just impossible that you have a good pattern. I bet you just can't hear them whine over your other mods. Can you touch the diff after driving a few miles or is it really hot?
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the pinion bearing is the one you have to press off the shaft of the pinion correct? i didnt have the proper tool to get it off without damaging it, so i replaced it. but even so, i wouldnt want to reuse something that had to be pressed off. not for $30...
and i checked the contact pattern twice with the marking compound and it came out exactly like the top left pic in this diagram.
if it had been off, i would have had to adjust the shims, but it was fine. and there is absolutely no whining, chattering or grinding at all.
i did use a torque wrench for every step of the install that required it. i just didnt have an INCH lbs torque wrench required to set the crush sleeve, so i guessed using the foot lbs wrench at its lowest setting.
I dont want to act like a pro who knows what they are doing, and i know that i got lucky in having no trouble, but like i said, over 50,000+ miles and trouble free, i think that it turned out pretty good
