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Jeep Wrangler YJ
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How do i go about fixing a bad Ford 8.8
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<blockquote data-quote="machoheadgames" data-source="post: 440915" data-attributes="member: 18789"><p>You can change the carrier, but you will need to match the backlash that the diff had before you took it apart. You wouldn't need to deal with pinion depth which makes this job significantly easier than installing an entirely new ring and pinion set.</p><p></p><p>New carrier, install the ring gear to it, press on the bearings, then shim it left and right until the preload is right and the measured backlash is where it needs to be. The kicker is that you need to know where it was before you did the disassembly, so you can match that backlash. Otherwise the ring and pinion mesh won't be the same as it was, which might not matter but certainly could for the life of the gears.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="machoheadgames, post: 440915, member: 18789"] You can change the carrier, but you will need to match the backlash that the diff had before you took it apart. You wouldn't need to deal with pinion depth which makes this job significantly easier than installing an entirely new ring and pinion set. New carrier, install the ring gear to it, press on the bearings, then shim it left and right until the preload is right and the measured backlash is where it needs to be. The kicker is that you need to know where it was before you did the disassembly, so you can match that backlash. Otherwise the ring and pinion mesh won't be the same as it was, which might not matter but certainly could for the life of the gears. [/QUOTE]
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