mudbogginjeep

How do I reduce some of the axle slop because it is really moving? I just replaced the Yoke and U-joint

4.3L XJ

Is this axle housing, or shaft? A little more info please.

DEVILSTOY

yea more info , what do you mean by axle slop ? maybe your gears are getting worn and you have play in your pinion ?

mudbogginjeep

well before i had to replace the pinion yoke that connects to the DS and the pinion. but not i don't know if the yoke is on all the way or that center bolt is slightly loose or not because i really tightened it down, everything is also of how its supposed to be... so now the entire pinion and DS is slops back and forth a lot. I found out today that the drive shaft isn't bent or anything "the hard way".

4.3L XJ

Hey guy, that pinion is supposed to be torqued down real tight. 200# if I remember correctly. You stated in another post you had noise and so forth. This is undoubtedly the cause. Get a big impact on it or a pipe wrench and breaker bar with a cheater pipe.

DEVILSTOY

yea it sounds like your gears are just worn in , the only way to actually fix that is to get new gears or maybe even get the old ones reshimed , but i really dont see it causing a major issue , mine was pretty sloppy before i redid anything anyway , but it never caused a problem

mudbogginjeep

yeah that could be the problem but it wasnt doint that before the yoke and u-joint broke..

xjbones

i agree here.

mudbogginjeep

oh yeah i agree too, but where do u think would be a good place to get a big impact rench cuz ive got everything all the way up to 100# idk where i can get a 200# though..

4.3L XJ

Mine will do the trick. My compressor stops at 175# Other impacts are rated for that much. Might have to borrow one

DEVILSTOY

unless the pinion bolt is severly loose thats not what your problem is , you can tighten it as much as you want but its not gonna make it mesh with the gears any better , your diff needs to be reshimmed due to wear and tear and at with the miles on it it may not be worth just reshimming it

mudbogginjeep

If my gears are warn and everything i might end up buying brand new gears but if not then ill just keep them the way they need to be because i dont have the money to fix everything, i wish though. but what im saying is that bolt may be torkd down to ehh maybe 140 pounds because i put all my weight on it to get it tightened... but idk for sure