Well my buddy came by and checked it out and showed me a pattern in the book that he said is acceptable. He said it is so close he would not hesitate to run in his own truck. That made me feel better so i rekon i wont change it. He said tou can take all day splitting shims and moving them around and still not be as close as i am now! So i rekon ill put it together and drive it a bit to see how it feels and sounds.

 

Had some major issues when I installed the new bearings and races. My carrier preload shot through the roof. So much that i could not beat it out. Spent 4 hours sunday working on it and it would not budge.

Being the crafty redneck engineer that i am (anybody who has seen my trackbar write up knows what i am talking about). I broke out the scissor jack again and went to town.





Can ya believe it actually worked.





So i tried again with the stock races only to have the same problem.

So one or two things will happen. First the ring side bearing looks lime it may not be pressed fully. Gonna try and press it with a real press instead of the baking and freezing.

If dat dont work. I will remove both bearings and split shims till i have removed about .002 out of each side and hope like hell that doesnt throw everything off.

If some one has got some better idears i am all ears.

 

nice! I had actually thought of that also...but the "hang it from a tree and beat on it" was more convenient since the fiance wasn't home with her car and jack.

 

What was the preload?

It's going to loosen up some.

 

Preload was cannot turn the pinion at all!

 

lol 280,000 inch lbs?

 

At least

 

Woo hoo well i got the carrier back in and everything is lined back up how it was b4.

Word of advice. Baking bearings and freezing the carrier will allow you to mate the two easily but it also may not be enough pressure to fully seat the bearing.

I pressed the ring gear side some more heard a lil pop and presto. What a difference a few thousand pound makes.

 

You know what this means.

 

It means that it's time to mess it up again.

 

Out of the garage.

 

Nice.

 

How's she feel? What ratio did you go to?

 

Went with 4.56. Shes stiff as all hell right now. Gotta do something about my shackle angle. Needs an alignment. Tried to do a drive way alignment. Got it close but still wanna have them put it on a rack. Cant get my track bar to adjust enough either. Never done it with a real adj track bar. Trying to get my axle to move is pretty hard.

 

Easiest way, sit your XJ on the ground and disconnect the frame end of trac bar, get in and rock your steering wheel back and fourth. This will help use the weight of your XJ to center the axle. Straighten your tires out, get under and adjust trac bar untill the mount lines up.