Pinion bearing replacement Q
Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 7:38 pm
Since I have rotated the diff (by longer upper arms) to point the pinion higher to eliminate angles and bad vibes, the pinion bearing is starting to growl a fair bit.
I have this week added more oil to try to keep the pinion bearing lubed up and have added some Molybond for good measure buts its too late for the bearing so I have a couple q's,
1: How hard is it to replace the pinion bearing (i cant remember if they come out from the front or from inside). Can the bearing be replaced with the centre still in the diff or does it need to come out for dissasembly???...and is there much in setting up the pinion bearing pressure or is it as tight as the pinion nut goes without rooting the anti crush tube?
2: How much oil in the diff is too much? I want / have to run more than the standard amount of diff oil now the pinion is pointed higher as the bearing I feel is running almost dry. What would happen if I ran too much oil? Just some blow back upo the breather pipe??
All help appreciated as I gotta fix it and if the diff has to come apart I will do it whilst I replace my bent axel.
Where will the list stop?????
Cheers,
Alec
I have this week added more oil to try to keep the pinion bearing lubed up and have added some Molybond for good measure buts its too late for the bearing so I have a couple q's,
1: How hard is it to replace the pinion bearing (i cant remember if they come out from the front or from inside). Can the bearing be replaced with the centre still in the diff or does it need to come out for dissasembly???...and is there much in setting up the pinion bearing pressure or is it as tight as the pinion nut goes without rooting the anti crush tube?
2: How much oil in the diff is too much? I want / have to run more than the standard amount of diff oil now the pinion is pointed higher as the bearing I feel is running almost dry. What would happen if I ran too much oil? Just some blow back upo the breather pipe??
All help appreciated as I gotta fix it and if the diff has to come apart I will do it whilst I replace my bent axel.
Where will the list stop?????
Cheers,
Alec