I was going through the rags that I got laying on the desk and I came across an older 4wheelre where they show Drive Train direct install super 44 into a TJ 44. The kit included a detroit locker and they first pressed on the bearings and did the shims outside.... what's up with that? Someone edumacate me
thats how you do it if you dont have set up bearings. Thats the way I set up diffs they only problem is when you get a crap load of them keeping them all together. You can only shim the carrier like that though not the pinion.
Kejtar, I think I remember reading that and wondering. Go back and read the article, I vaguely recall that they discussed why it was done that way rather than putting the shims on before pressing the bearings.
Which issue was it? I may still have it around here.
Kejtar, I think I remember reading that and wondering. Go back and read the article, I vaguely recall that they discussed why it was done that way rather than putting the shims on before pressing the bearings.
Which issue was it? I may still have it around here.
I think it was a january one of february (something close to the start of the year). Anyways, I'm not planning to use that method on mine as it sounds a bit odd, I was just wondering on the reasoning behind it.
both rear axles I've set up had the shims on the outside of the carrier from the factory.
D35 and the D44 I'm building now
But the D30 had the shims behind the bearings
I one better then the other? seems like the shims wouldn't move if on the outside
Just did a 30 spline 44 tonight and the shims were behind the bearing. It was a 1975 J10 axle.
Its welded now with 5.38s.
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I have pulled 8.8's apart that grenaded the gears because the shims outside the carrier bearings walked. this allowed the bearing to be a little loose and consiquently causing the gears to go.
D30 axles should have the shims pressed on with the bearings. while it makes for more effort in setting up the gears, nothing can slip out of place.
D35's are crap axles so we won't even talk about the shims that typically are set up on the outside. then do use a single shim on each side. to change the backlash you change to different thickness shims.
same thing with D44's as the D30's. the bearings should be pressed on with the bearing.
another thing to consider is how the bearing is loaded when installed.
Deflection of the ring gear puts a lot of stress on the driver side carrier bearing, since it is closer to the axis of deflection than the passenger side carrier bearing. the goal should allways be to try and set up a bearing as far away from the fulcrum of the load. basically you want to have the bearings are far away from eachother as posible. and by pressing the shims on with te bearings you move them further apart.
so for longevity and bearing life. press the shims on with the bearings.
I work for DC and have never seen the shims outside the bearing! Just take your old bearings (you are planing to replace them anyway I hope) hit it with a dremmel and clearance them a little so they dont have to be pressed on. Then when you get the shims right press the new bearing on and away you go.
I work for DC and have never seen the shims outside the bearing! Just take your old bearings (you are planing to replace them anyway I hope) hit it with a dremmel and clearance them a little so they dont have to be pressed on. Then when you get the shims right press the new bearing on and away you go.
