sflier
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- Danbury, CT
When I took my differential apart, there was one thrust washer on each side of the differential (wedged between the case and the back of the bearing cup on each side). I labeled each component as I removed it regarding which side it came off of but I neglected to note the orientation of this thrust washer. It is flat on one side and tapered on the other. Questions:
1. Which side of the thrust washer goes against the bearing cup? The flat side or the tapered side?
2. There appears to be some sort of orange o-ring inside each tube as it mates to the pumpkin. Are these replaceable or do you just leave them alone? I can’t figure out what purpose they serve (or even what they’re called) but it appears the thrust washer would butt against it.
For those interested (unless others have another way to do this), I’m making a pinion holding wrench out of flat ½” steel I got from Home Depot. I’ll cut it into 4 pieces and used bolts on each corner fitted to the pinion so I can use it to hold the pinion as I tighten the pinion nut to the 150lb+ torque setting (I’m replacing all the bearings and crush sleeve so I need a full torque). The wrench looks like this (sorry for the low-tech drawing):
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1. Which side of the thrust washer goes against the bearing cup? The flat side or the tapered side?
2. There appears to be some sort of orange o-ring inside each tube as it mates to the pumpkin. Are these replaceable or do you just leave them alone? I can’t figure out what purpose they serve (or even what they’re called) but it appears the thrust washer would butt against it.
For those interested (unless others have another way to do this), I’m making a pinion holding wrench out of flat ½” steel I got from Home Depot. I’ll cut it into 4 pieces and used bolts on each corner fitted to the pinion so I can use it to hold the pinion as I tighten the pinion nut to the 150lb+ torque setting (I’m replacing all the bearings and crush sleeve so I need a full torque). The wrench looks like this (sorry for the low-tech drawing):
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