Pinion yoke, advice?
- Thread starter oscyjack
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mark the nut to the pinion end where it is now, when you retighten it back down, line the marks up or just a hair past. need to keep that crush sleeve on the pinion loaded down correctly.
ideally since you are changing the yoke, you should be pulling the ring gear and checking pinion resistance as you tighten the nut down to make sure the crush sleeve is still work or that if the yokes are a little longer or shorter (doesnt take much) that you dont over tighen or under tighten the nut.
ideally since you are changing the yoke, you should be pulling the ring gear and checking pinion resistance as you tighten the nut down to make sure the crush sleeve is still work or that if the yokes are a little longer or shorter (doesnt take much) that you dont over tighen or under tighten the nut.
roger that, thanks boys.
Ordered both yokes, the pinion from XDP as a kit with seal etc.
I was going to hold off on the ring gear since I plan on a truetrac sometime this year. I figure once I have it apart i'll know if I need more parts this second or if it can wait until the new diff goes in. never done a yoke in these trucks but glad it seems as easy as i thought
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Ordered both yokes, the pinion from XDP as a kit with seal etc.
I was going to hold off on the ring gear since I plan on a truetrac sometime this year. I figure once I have it apart i'll know if I need more parts this second or if it can wait until the new diff goes in. never done a yoke in these trucks but glad it seems as easy as i thought
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roger that, thanks boys.
Ordered both yokes, the pinion from XDP as a kit with seal etc.
I was going to hold off on the ring gear since I plan on a truetrac sometime this year. I figure once I have it apart i'll know if I need more parts this second or if it can wait until the new diff goes in. never done a yoke in these trucks but glad it seems as easy as i thought
So are you swapping both the ring and pinion when you change the carrier? I'm confused why you bought a pinion.
a good weld tack and new straps probably would have let ya hold off till next year.
no prob. wheelers/rock crawler guys do this all the time. other issue is the little tab that keeps the cap from wiggling out will shoot off from pressure some times when the joint is at an extreme angle so the tack helps keep it in place. they also make half moon style yokes so its like a half circlip holding the cap from shooting out.
It doesn't hurt to put some rtv on the splines of the yoke before installing it. Don't know if these have the rubber washer for the yoke or not, but I've seen some yokes leak around the splines where the yoke slides over the pinion, and then it comes out around the pinion nut.
i wouldnt dick with it till you do the carrier/ring/pinion. you may damage the pinion bearing taking it off the old pinion to put it on the new pinion (there isnt much room to grab it and press it off). its not as likely to happen on the carrier side but it can. if its not giving you issues, dont mess with it yet.