with a new crush sleeve and new bearings Dennyboy is right about making it tighter, it's 20-25 inch lbs....with old bearings it 10-15 inch lbs
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Set mine to 25 normally I wouldn't on a customer car (would set at 20 with a new crush sleeve) because if they were to need to pull the flange off and didn't pull it all apart to put in a new crush sleeve the next guy would have a shitty time setting preload. The only thing ill be doing on mine will request me to rip it all appart.
Well after a few different attempts this is the best I could do. The factory shim was about .036. Went as high as. 050, but ended at. 040. I ended up with the preload around 22.
Well, it definitely took some time. My rebuild kit didn't come with the exact shim combo I needed. So after many phone and a nice highway drive, I found a shop that actual sold him kits. Then I had a brain lapse and torqued my pinion down to 25 foot pounds instead of inch pounds. So I was back on the phone trying to find someone that carried a crush sleeve. Well advanced would be 2 days and Autozone can't even order them but luckily Napa had it right on the shelf.
the 25 lbs won't affect the sleeve. It takes alot more than that to crush it. It would screw the bearings if you left it at 25 and ruin your gas milage
Denny, when it takes hundreds lbs of to crush the sleeve I'm not understanding why you think 25 lbs would have any effect on it.
pontiacgp said:
I'd have to agree here. Have you actually seen how an impact wrench hammers on the pinion nut to pull the crush sleeve down?
The inch lbs figure is to turn the assembled set up. Not to torque the pinion.
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