outlander
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- Location
- Columbus,Ohio
Had to take my cryco 8.25 back to Babbitt bearing gear here in columbus ohio(30 yrs in the business) because they forgot to tighten the pinion nut/fully crush the sleeve!!!
I had them regear my axles to 456 and after I got them home I was looking things over and noticed the pinion yoke had tons of play so when I took it back up to the owner today he said huh I can't believe bob missed that....then he said no problem Ill take care of it and came back with AN IMPACT GUN:scared:
He proceeded to hammer on it with the impact till the play is gone in the yoke and said there ya go....wow....
now this is my question:shouldnt he have used an inch pound torque wrench to measure the rotational force of the pinion after the crush sleeve crushed and don't impact guns tend to be hard on bearings????
My other question is about the Dana 30 they set up for me:I'm no expert but I've absorbed a lot of info about gear setup and feel I can do it if I had the space and proper tools that being said the carrier is almost impossible to move by hand???
I know bearing preload is good but it seems weird to me....I asked the owner about that too and he said its ok....I'm worried.....I haven't got the axles back under the jeep yet so idk if they are gonna howl like a banshee or what...of course he said they can't offer a warranty on axle that are gonna be put in a 4x4 because "you could take it out into a mud hole and strip the gears out"
I had them regear my axles to 456 and after I got them home I was looking things over and noticed the pinion yoke had tons of play so when I took it back up to the owner today he said huh I can't believe bob missed that....then he said no problem Ill take care of it and came back with AN IMPACT GUN:scared:
He proceeded to hammer on it with the impact till the play is gone in the yoke and said there ya go....wow....
now this is my question:shouldnt he have used an inch pound torque wrench to measure the rotational force of the pinion after the crush sleeve crushed and don't impact guns tend to be hard on bearings????
My other question is about the Dana 30 they set up for me:I'm no expert but I've absorbed a lot of info about gear setup and feel I can do it if I had the space and proper tools that being said the carrier is almost impossible to move by hand???
I know bearing preload is good but it seems weird to me....I asked the owner about that too and he said its ok....I'm worried.....I haven't got the axles back under the jeep yet so idk if they are gonna howl like a banshee or what...of course he said they can't offer a warranty on axle that are gonna be put in a 4x4 because "you could take it out into a mud hole and strip the gears out"
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