bw's are soooo much money...I dont understand how people rationalize buying them


Rumor has it JCR is prototyping xj tube flares now...

yeah i know, theyre so expensive, id be interested in some well made tube flares

I'd be interested in tube flares as well if they look good, but I'm picky. The flatties are the best I can do for now and it was tax refund $$

Anyone have any tips for doing 410's in my 8.25"? Pinion bearing went so im doing new bearings and 410's this weekend

The adjusters are neat but can be a pain to get the caps to seat correctly. Be careful when seating your outer pinion bearing and crush sleeve so that you don't end up with a ton of preload after it's crushed.

Get an extra or two, my Yukon master install kit came with two.

Make set up bearings and run with it.

so your saying grab an extra set of crush sleeves? What about throwing my lunch box locker back in, will it mess with the break in or?

I'd get an extra one or two. Can't hurt to have. Better to have and not need than not have and need.

I'd leave it open to get a feel for it, then throw it in after the 500 miles. You'll have to grind a tooth down on the ring gear to get the cross pin out so you don't have to take the carrier out and take the ring gear off. Won't be hard to install under the Jeep.

There are some decent 8.25 write ups on JF.

ok ill look into it, the problem is, i dont remember where my spider gears are haha, i guess ill just have to drive like a grandma for the first 500 haha

You don't have to by any means, just a suggestion.

Yeah I've kinda babied my front. I really will when I swap the rear in a few weeks.

yeah i thought about it before you mentioned it, but ill just drive slow for a while, whats the easiest way to get the pinion set at center to the ring? I know ill be needing more shims, but is there a simple way to go about this? I have a buddy helping me with this who just did his pinion in his 8.25" a few weeks ago so im not doing this myself luckly, this is one job im not 100% on thats why i have him helping

i know how that feels...I *****ed up some gears one time, never again without a gearhead! So much can go wrong

yeah i know, ive built motors before and all the other odds and ends, but this pinion stuff puzzles me haha

It's not hard, just labor and time intensive.

Read this:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/articles/te...sta/Gear_Setup


and this:
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/g...8-25-a-109859/

You have to set pinion depth into the teeth of the ring gear. This is done using shims in series with the inner pinion bearing. Pull your old bearings off without ruining them and you can dremel them out to be used as set up bearings. Get a measuring dial and write the shim sizes on the shims to help the adjustment process. You will have to measure the stock shims to get a starting point and then go from there. The carrier doesn't use shims to set any kind of pattern or adjust backlash, that is what those adjuster rings are for. Set depth in the ring gear and then you will have to adjust your pattern and backlash via those adjusters. Go ahead and make two tools to do that. Google "8.25 adjuster tool", they are very helpful, and necessary. I made two for about $15.

thanks so much for this, what did you use to make them?

Anyone have a factory tire carrier they wanna trade?