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Old Mar 9, 2016 | 11:19 PM
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Any rear diff guys out there that can help me? Backlash at .008 drive side looks close but the coast side is way off. Is this a backlash issue. These are used gears also. Thanks in advance
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the compound is applied too thick/excessive and the excess is wiping over to cover the true pattern.
Yes the coast side is apparently off.
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Remember to do each pattern separate, and hold tension on the ring gear while spinning the pinion. I would add a little pinion shim and rerun it to see how it changes.
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Ok thanks, I will try it later today.
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Coast side...
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Am I in too deep now?
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How far did you move it
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went from no shim and kept adding, now it has a .029 shim
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Can you back it outna smidge. Whats backlash?
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backlash 8 thou, had to push my car off the rack and I could here the gears ratcheting. I'll try smaller shim.

Could the gearset possibly be shot? I installed these gears about 10 years ago and all I did was set backlash lol.
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