Gear Install??
07-19-2008, 04:16 PM
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Gear Install?? I JUST RECENTLY HAD A BUDDY OF MINE TRY AND INSTALL SOME GEARS IN MY 97 CAMARO...WE FIGURED OUT THAT THE GEARS WE HAD WERE FROM A DIFFERENT SERIES CARRIER AND THEN HE ORDERED SOME ONES FROM EBAY AND INSTALLED THEM BUT THE PINION AND CARRIER WILL SPIN ABOUT FULL 8 TURNS THAN IT LOCKS UP THAN WE HAVE TO PRY IT THAN IT KEEPS TURNING...WE CANT FIGURE OUT WHATS THE PROBLEM..COULD IT NEEDS SHIMS?? HAS ANYONE HAD THIS PROBLEM?
07-19-2008, 08:12 PM
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In setting-up the new gears, did you (1) set the pinion gear depth, (2) adjust ring-gear back-lash for .006 to .009 using with a dial indicator and (3) look at the gear pattern with two-color grease?
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