Pinion seal
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Between 200 and 250 ftlbs of torque. A torque wrench is not going to get it up there. You need and impact wrench. I don't care who you are you are not getting it torqued correctly without an impact wrench.
Mine is at about 180 ftlbs. I drive it as little as possible and I am waiting on an impact wrench before I wheel with it again.
Mine is at about 180 ftlbs. I drive it as little as possible and I am waiting on an impact wrench before I wheel with it again.
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the pinion nut torque specs are usually done in inch lbs. I believe the recommended setting for the 8.8 are between 18 and 25 inch lbs, but I'm not sure about the front. Its probably similar. And as stated by John if the gears have already been set and shimmed correctly then you'll probably be ok just throwing it back on.
If you get the nut too tight it will toast your pinion bearing, but no one is going to measure pinion depth, backlash, and bearing preloads to replace a pinion seal so it really is kind of a guessing game. Get it nice and tight and you'll be fine, but don't overdo it.
If you get the nut too tight it will toast your pinion bearing, but no one is going to measure pinion depth, backlash, and bearing preloads to replace a pinion seal so it really is kind of a guessing game. Get it nice and tight and you'll be fine, but don't overdo it.
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Between 200 and 250 ftlbs of torque. A torque wrench is not going to get it up there. You need and impact wrench. I don't care who you are you are not getting it torqued correctly without an impact wrench.
Mine is at about 180 ftlbs. I drive it as little as possible and I am waiting on an impact wrench before I wheel with it again.
Mine is at about 180 ftlbs. I drive it as little as possible and I am waiting on an impact wrench before I wheel with it again.
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the torque for a pinion nut is not consistent from vehicle to vehicle, you set it and then check the pe-load with a bar type torque wrench and adjust it accordingly.
easiest way to do it...
measure the depth of the nut on the stud with a vernier caliper, and mark on one of the flats of the nut and on the pinion flange, that way when you put it back together you can make the depth the same and put the nut back exactly where it was by the marks on the nut and the pinion flange....do not mark the nut and the pinion stud, when you back the nut off, it will remove the paint on the threads where you just marked it
easiest way to do it...
measure the depth of the nut on the stud with a vernier caliper, and mark on one of the flats of the nut and on the pinion flange, that way when you put it back together you can make the depth the same and put the nut back exactly where it was by the marks on the nut and the pinion flange....do not mark the nut and the pinion stud, when you back the nut off, it will remove the paint on the threads where you just marked it
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