baseballneal86
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Damascus, MD
Thoughts? 16-18 in-lbs at the pinion, .006-.007 backlash with setup bearings


The idea is just to make sure they don't get hot. I suggest driving normally for about 20-30 miles and stop at a do it yourself carwash and cool the diff with the sprayer and then drive normally for a couple of days never going farther than about 30-50 miles at a time.At 500 miles you should be broken in. If you have magnets in the diff cover you do not need to change the oil at 500 miles but it wouldn't hurt anything.Thanks John! I know you've done a million setups so that is very reassuring. I have some small rare earth magnets I'm going to put inside and check after the first 500 miles.
Any tips or favorite procedures for breaking them in?