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May 15 2004
Colby had already installed the lockrite and had re-installed the ring gear.....I removed the ring gear again and filed the surfaces smooth and re-assembled without the clips. I used locktite and 70 ft/lb.
Somehow, the first 2 or 3 threads were damaged when I received them.....so the left one is a stocker and right is the re-work I did with the sanding disc to fix things.
The starter pinion shim I choose this time was an even .100"....
After pressing the shims and the bearing on, I tried .054" on the solid collar shim.....too tight for me as pre-load checked in at 20 in/lb....added .002" and pre-load was then a nice 10 in/lb.
First pattern check yields a litle deep. This is the drive side.
Coast side
Now every time I switch to a new pinion shim value involves a tear down...take caps off...take carrier out...pinion nut off...yoke off...press out pinion gear...press big bearing off...place new shim in place and re-assemble.
I re-shimmed to .095" and this is too shallow on the drive...
Re-shimmed to .098" and kept the backlash around .009" and I was satisfied with this.
It's 98% done but had to go to the dealer up for a pinion seal so this is where we are....:)
Genuine Toyota seal. Employed some grease on the rubber seal portion and RTV on the steel outside.
Because of the solid collar design, I could slam the pinion nut down tight with the electric impact. Medium strength blue Loc-tite was used and the nut was staked.
Ready to ship back to Colby.......
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