gomer

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I've had absolute hell with my moser 12 bolt. When I first got it, it was set up wrong and made noise. I had it reset up and it made it a little more quiet, but a few trips to the track ruined that. So then I had it completely rebuilt with a new R&P, bearings, and a solid pinion bushing. I used the solid bushing because the crush collar had lost it's tension on the last rebuild after a few hard launches. Now, the solid bushing rebuild was SUPER quiet, as quiet as stock and I have the 4.33's in it. Drove it for about 1,500 miles and took it to the track last Wed. Second launch I cut a 1.55 60ft time and it starts making noise on the return road when I am coasting down. I run the car 3 more times and drive it about 60 miles home. The rear was REALLY loud on decel around 45-55mph and wasn't too bad while cruising above 55 and accelerating. I drove it the next day to Birmingham and back (140 miles) and parked it. Well, last night I pulled the inspection plate to check the backlash on it. It was .0085, I was under the impression that anything between .008 and .009 was good?? I went ahead and pulled the carrier out and checked the carrier bearings along with the ring gear. The wear pattern is great, along with the bearings. I haven't pulled the pinion yet, but the teeth on it look fine and it rotates freely without any play.

Do I need to reinstall the carrier and take the backlash down to .006 or .007? Does anyone think that the backlash is causing all my decel noise?

ace68

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Isn't that tight at .006?

Kurtomac

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off topic but what did you run?

gomer

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I'm running the F15 cam only, stock 853 heads. The same setup I dyno'd about two weeks ago and posted about in the dyno section. I ran a 7.45 and a 7.42 at 94mph with high 1.68 60ft times, on the 1.55 60ft run I missed 2nd gear, it would have probably run a high 7.2x

cook_dw

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check your pinion depth. You may need to drop it down a little and reshim the carrier. Is the wear pattern in the middle of the gear, base or tip of the gear. I bet the pattern is a little close to the carrier and needs to be more in the mid of the gear tooth. I think the typical shim for the pinion is around 0.023 in you mite try a 0.019. My $0.02

And yes 8-9 thous. is good. Another thing is your axles bolt in or c-clip? What carrier? and may also check pin in the carrier and make sure the bolt is tight and hasnt starting rubbing on anything. This is about all I can think of right now.

1fastWS6

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The backlash is in spec at .008". Anywhere from .006-.010 is ok. Check the pinion bearing preload -again- and see where it's at. My $$ is on the pinion being loose. Otherwise, check the left (driver side) carrier bearing to see if it's loose on the carrier. I pulled mine off by hand and knew that wasn't good.

If both of those look good, I'd say remove the gear set and replace it with a Ford 9" gear set. Oh, and you'll need a new housing and other parts too.

z-ya

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Gomer I did the same thing you did 7 times.Give up now and get a 9" in the end it's
cheaper than psycotherapy.