crush sleeve or pinion shims
01-01-2006, 11:37 PM
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crush sleeve or pinion shims I'm planning a 10 bolt rebuild soon and I'm buying the required parts. Can someone help me to understand the crush sleeves purpose. Explain the crush sleeve vs the pinion shims? Also I have not found a good write up on installing the pinion shims.
01-02-2006, 12:52 AM
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The crush sleeve is to put preload on the inner & outer pinion bearing. However if you are rebuilding the rearend I would recommend the Ratech solid pinion spacer. It takes a bit more time to setup but is better for strength
01-02-2006, 08:02 AM
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I agree, the solid piece helps out. I'm running a 10-bolt with a T2R differential and 3:42's with solid pinion. So far, 3 years of beating the snot out of it with drag radials and it's still going strong.
Unfortunately, I've never seen a write up in 5 years on these boards.
Unfortunately, I've never seen a write up in 5 years on these boards.
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What they said (I have the Ratech solid pinion spacer - piece of cake to install and set up, well worth the time).
As far as the pinion shims, this normally refers to the shims that are placed between the pinion gear and the large pinion bearing. This one is used to set the pinion depth in the housing, and it is a pain in the *** to adjust because the bearing is pressed on and requires a press to get it off again.
I would recommend using Ratech's extreme pinion bearing shim kit instead. This kit places the shims behind the large pinion bearing race, instead of behind the bearing itself. This means that you can easily adjust the pinion depth without the use of a press by tapping the race out of the housing and replacing the shims when you need to make an adjustment. You just press the large pinion bearing onto the pinion without any shims, and use shims behind the bearing race instead. It is really a great idea !
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As far as the pinion shims, this normally refers to the shims that are placed between the pinion gear and the large pinion bearing. This one is used to set the pinion depth in the housing, and it is a pain in the *** to adjust because the bearing is pressed on and requires a press to get it off again.
I would recommend using Ratech's extreme pinion bearing shim kit instead. This kit places the shims behind the large pinion bearing race, instead of behind the bearing itself. This means that you can easily adjust the pinion depth without the use of a press by tapping the race out of the housing and replacing the shims when you need to make an adjustment. You just press the large pinion bearing onto the pinion without any shims, and use shims behind the bearing race instead. It is really a great idea !
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Originally Posted by TRex
What they said (I have the Ratech solid pinion spacer - piece of cake to install and set up, well worth the time).
As far as the pinion shims, this normally refers to the shims that are placed between the pinion gear and the large pinion bearing. This one is used to set the pinion depth in the housing, and it is a pain in the *** to adjust because the bearing is pressed on and requires a press to get it off again.
I would recommend using Ratech's extreme pinion bearing shim kit instead. This kit places the shims behind the large pinion bearing race, instead of behind the bearing itself. This means that you can easily adjust the pinion depth without the use of a press by tapping the race out of the housing and replacing the shims when you need to make an adjustment. You just press the large pinion bearing onto the pinion without any shims, and use shims behind the bearing race instead. It is really a great idea !
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As far as the pinion shims, this normally refers to the shims that are placed between the pinion gear and the large pinion bearing. This one is used to set the pinion depth in the housing, and it is a pain in the *** to adjust because the bearing is pressed on and requires a press to get it off again.
I would recommend using Ratech's extreme pinion bearing shim kit instead. This kit places the shims behind the large pinion bearing race, instead of behind the bearing itself. This means that you can easily adjust the pinion depth without the use of a press by tapping the race out of the housing and replacing the shims when you need to make an adjustment. You just press the large pinion bearing onto the pinion without any shims, and use shims behind the bearing race instead. It is really a great idea !
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