Solid pinion spacer
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Staging Lane
Joined: Aug 2003
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Solid pinion spacer I'm about to have 4.10's installed and was wondering if I should put in a solid pinion spacer in or not? (10bolt) I usually go a few times to the track on street tires. Thanks for any info.
no need for it in your 10 bolt. its only for VERY high stress rear ends that will smash the crush collar. most of your 10,11, and 12 second cars with gears/rear end have a normal ole crush collar in it. also- if your installer isn't 100% sure how to do it or a bit lazy, your gears can be trashed in no time
Instead of torque-to-spec, you have to set it
up, check pinion depth, if it's wrong pull it out
and stack or remove shims, etc. If you're doing
it cut-and-try then it can take a while, if you
can get it figured out with initial measurements
that can get you down to first-time or second-time
right. I just had mine done and went with the hard
spacer; $20 on a $400 job, why not go with the
one that's unbreakable and reusable (I kept all the
spare shims too).
up, check pinion depth, if it's wrong pull it out
and stack or remove shims, etc. If you're doing
it cut-and-try then it can take a while, if you
can get it figured out with initial measurements
that can get you down to first-time or second-time
right. I just had mine done and went with the hard
spacer; $20 on a $400 job, why not go with the
one that's unbreakable and reusable (I kept all the
spare shims too).
After a little abuse at the track the crush sleeve will start to back off and you may blow you gears a little faster than they would normally. For 20.00 I dont see anything wrong with a little assurance.
Teching In
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: Forest Grove, OR
I don't mean to steal the thread, but I am trying to put mine back together today after a leaking pinion seal and a shop that tried to put one in and torqued the nut too tight and ruined the pinion bearings. I need to know the in/lb. spec on the pinion nut and while I'm asking the torque spec on the carrier bolts. Thanks a lot.
RF
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