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08-21-2006, 08:35 AM
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Hmm...'gotta start somewhere'. How much work have you done to your car? Do you have a full set of tools, including measurement instruments like dial indicator gauge, pinion depth checker, rotational torque wrench, microabrasive defibrulator...ok so you don't need the last one, but you will need a lot of different tools for the install.
Getting the setup right on a gear set is crucial. Pinion depth, preload, backlash, are so important. Get it wrong and you will ruin a gearset in 5 miles, or have the howling pinion bearing from hell. If you have a friend who has done a few and can help, that would really be great...otherwise you might just want to pony up the $250ish and take it somewhere.
Sure if you got stuck you could take the rear end somewhere...removing the rear end isn't hard but it'd be another couple hours of your time you could have saved.
Good luck with whatever you decide...
Getting the setup right on a gear set is crucial. Pinion depth, preload, backlash, are so important. Get it wrong and you will ruin a gearset in 5 miles, or have the howling pinion bearing from hell. If you have a friend who has done a few and can help, that would really be great...otherwise you might just want to pony up the $250ish and take it somewhere.
Sure if you got stuck you could take the rear end somewhere...removing the rear end isn't hard but it'd be another couple hours of your time you could have saved.
Good luck with whatever you decide...
08-21-2006, 01:09 PM
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actually i have most of that, i have machine shop access three days a week and thats where to presses are... for the old lathes we have the dial indicators and such...gotta torque wrench. how much are used 10 bolt rears tho? could they be had for around the same price as gears/proffesional installation? if so i could just get someones who upgraded to a moser or 9" right?
08-21-2006, 01:24 PM
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sweet...but a stocker prob wont last long on a m6 will it? especially if i throw some stickies on the back..better start saving up for the moser...
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08-21-2006, 01:26 PM
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sweet...but a stocker prob wont last long on a m6 will it? especially if i throw some stickies on the back..better start saving up for the moser...
Totally depends. Mine was good for around 250 passes on BFG's and then broke on e.t. streets. I consider myself lucky to have it last so long.
I have a friend named Ben with an hugger orange car. If he looks at it the wrong way, his rear end breaks.
08-21-2006, 04:19 PM
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being 17 and in school cant really make the money id like too...i turn 18 in two weeks so hopefully i can get something above minmum wage around here...