Re: Axles - Advice needed
 

funny you should mention this............
My son had a problem w/his D35 (89 YJ). He is just using it to go back &
forth to Chico State, so I thought I would just drive over to West Coast
Differential for a master bearing kit & hire a friend of a friend to show me
how to do the "contact pattern " thing. (I think I have looked @ 15 or 20
illustrations - but need to do a "hands on" before I can truly understand
it). Got home, jacked it up next day & pulled the cover ----2 teeth stuck to
the magnetic filler hole plug-------back to West Coast Differential on
Monday. Well, got to the point of doing the "contact pattern" thing & I
asked "so how do you do this?" - he said "I don't know, I never have done
that. I always go by feel.". We put it together, he felt it a couple of
times & said "we should add some shims to the pinion" I told him that I had
..003", .005" & .010". he said to give him a .005", put it in & it felt good
(to him). My neighbor has a tow truck service out of his home now, but used
to own a garage & this guy worked for him for several years and he says that
he did the rear end on his tow truck about 3 or 4 yrs ago & it is still
running.
So now I think I can handle removing & replacing the parts of an
axle..................but I am still rather ignorant about the "contact
pattern" thing. Some day I will find someone to "hand hold" me thru the
process & I will have reached another milestone in my life.


--
Carlo F. Serusa, Jr. RPh
carlo.jr at comcast DOTnet
'98 Sahara TJ - '89 YJ - '79 Scout II
O|||||||O
'92 Explorer '65 Mustang


"Doug" <doug.schuler@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:0TVae.2493$yc.1252@trnddc07...
> nope - mine doesn't look that bad!
>
>
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:426C1E71.31B35118@cox.net...
> > Yup, Superior could fix this one right up:
> > http://----------.com/dana35c/briansmit.jpg
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > Jeff Strickland wrote:
> >>
> >> You can do the Superior Gear Super35 with a locker for something like
> >> 700,
> >> and this is roughly equivelent to the D44 axles AND you get a locker.
>
>

Re: Axles - Advice needed
 

funny you should mention this............
My son had a problem w/his D35 (89 YJ). He is just using it to go back &
forth to Chico State, so I thought I would just drive over to West Coast
Differential for a master bearing kit & hire a friend of a friend to show me
how to do the "contact pattern " thing. (I think I have looked @ 15 or 20
illustrations - but need to do a "hands on" before I can truly understand
it). Got home, jacked it up next day & pulled the cover ----2 teeth stuck to
the magnetic filler hole plug-------back to West Coast Differential on
Monday. Well, got to the point of doing the "contact pattern" thing & I
asked "so how do you do this?" - he said "I don't know, I never have done
that. I always go by feel.". We put it together, he felt it a couple of
times & said "we should add some shims to the pinion" I told him that I had
..003", .005" & .010". he said to give him a .005", put it in & it felt good
(to him). My neighbor has a tow truck service out of his home now, but used
to own a garage & this guy worked for him for several years and he says that
he did the rear end on his tow truck about 3 or 4 yrs ago & it is still
running.
So now I think I can handle removing & replacing the parts of an
axle..................but I am still rather ignorant about the "contact
pattern" thing. Some day I will find someone to "hand hold" me thru the
process & I will have reached another milestone in my life.


--
Carlo F. Serusa, Jr. RPh
carlo.jr at comcast DOTnet
'98 Sahara TJ - '89 YJ - '79 Scout II
O|||||||O
'92 Explorer '65 Mustang


"Doug" <doug.schuler@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:0TVae.2493$yc.1252@trnddc07...
> nope - mine doesn't look that bad!
>
>
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:426C1E71.31B35118@cox.net...
> > Yup, Superior could fix this one right up:
> > http://----------.com/dana35c/briansmit.jpg
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > Jeff Strickland wrote:
> >>
> >> You can do the Superior Gear Super35 with a locker for something like
> >> 700,
> >> and this is roughly equivelent to the D44 axles AND you get a locker.
>
>

Re: Axles - Advice needed
 

funny you should mention this............
My son had a problem w/his D35 (89 YJ). He is just using it to go back &
forth to Chico State, so I thought I would just drive over to West Coast
Differential for a master bearing kit & hire a friend of a friend to show me
how to do the "contact pattern " thing. (I think I have looked @ 15 or 20
illustrations - but need to do a "hands on" before I can truly understand
it). Got home, jacked it up next day & pulled the cover ----2 teeth stuck to
the magnetic filler hole plug-------back to West Coast Differential on
Monday. Well, got to the point of doing the "contact pattern" thing & I
asked "so how do you do this?" - he said "I don't know, I never have done
that. I always go by feel.". We put it together, he felt it a couple of
times & said "we should add some shims to the pinion" I told him that I had
..003", .005" & .010". he said to give him a .005", put it in & it felt good
(to him). My neighbor has a tow truck service out of his home now, but used
to own a garage & this guy worked for him for several years and he says that
he did the rear end on his tow truck about 3 or 4 yrs ago & it is still
running.
So now I think I can handle removing & replacing the parts of an
axle..................but I am still rather ignorant about the "contact
pattern" thing. Some day I will find someone to "hand hold" me thru the
process & I will have reached another milestone in my life.


--
Carlo F. Serusa, Jr. RPh
carlo.jr at comcast DOTnet
'98 Sahara TJ - '89 YJ - '79 Scout II
O|||||||O
'92 Explorer '65 Mustang


"Doug" <doug.schuler@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:0TVae.2493$yc.1252@trnddc07...
> nope - mine doesn't look that bad!
>
>
> "L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:426C1E71.31B35118@cox.net...
> > Yup, Superior could fix this one right up:
> > http://----------.com/dana35c/briansmit.jpg
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >
> > Jeff Strickland wrote:
> >>
> >> You can do the Superior Gear Super35 with a locker for something like
> >> 700,
> >> and this is roughly equivelent to the D44 axles AND you get a locker.
>
>

Re: Axles - Advice needed
 

Good thing his chute deployed. ;)

L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:

> Well maybe a little explosion:
> http://www.draglist.com/Movies/Clips/duchene1.mpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
--
__________________________________________________ _________
tw

71 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

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__________________________________________________ _________

Re: Axles - Advice needed
 

Good thing his chute deployed. ;)

L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:

> Well maybe a little explosion:
> http://www.draglist.com/Movies/Clips/duchene1.mpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
--
__________________________________________________ _________
tw

71 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
__________________________________________________ _________

Re: Axles - Advice needed
 

Good thing his chute deployed. ;)

L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:

> Well maybe a little explosion:
> http://www.draglist.com/Movies/Clips/duchene1.mpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
--
__________________________________________________ _________
tw

71 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
__________________________________________________ _________

Re: Axles - Advice needed
 

Good thing his chute deployed. ;)

L.W.(ßill) ------ III wrote:

> Well maybe a little explosion:
> http://www.draglist.com/Movies/Clips/duchene1.mpg
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
--
__________________________________________________ _________
tw

71 Bill Stroppe Baja Bronco
03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
__________________________________________________ _________

Re: Axles - Advice needed
 

Hi Carlo,
I start with the shims that came off the old pinion, that's the
inaccuracy between the bores of that housing, usually that's close
enough for government work. The bluing in these examples are really a
negative of what we see: http://www.drivetrain.com/ringpinioninstal.html
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Carlo wrote:
>
> funny you should mention this............
> My son had a problem w/his D35 (89 YJ). He is just using it to go back &
> forth to Chico State, so I thought I would just drive over to West Coast
> Differential for a master bearing kit & hire a friend of a friend to show me
> how to do the "contact pattern " thing. (I think I have looked @ 15 or 20
> illustrations - but need to do a "hands on" before I can truly understand
> it). Got home, jacked it up next day & pulled the cover ----2 teeth stuck to
> the magnetic filler hole plug-------back to West Coast Differential on
> Monday. Well, got to the point of doing the "contact pattern" thing & I
> asked "so how do you do this?" - he said "I don't know, I never have done
> that. I always go by feel.". We put it together, he felt it a couple of
> times & said "we should add some shims to the pinion" I told him that I had
> .003", .005" & .010". he said to give him a .005", put it in & it felt good
> (to him). My neighbor has a tow truck service out of his home now, but used
> to own a garage & this guy worked for him for several years and he says that
> he did the rear end on his tow truck about 3 or 4 yrs ago & it is still
> running.
> So now I think I can handle removing & replacing the parts of an
> axle..................but I am still rather ignorant about the "contact
> pattern" thing. Some day I will find someone to "hand hold" me thru the
> process & I will have reached another milestone in my life.
>
> --
> Carlo F. Serusa, Jr. RPh
> carlo.jr at comcast DOTnet
> '98 Sahara TJ - '89 YJ - '79 Scout II
> O|||||||O
> '92 Explorer '65 Mustang

Re: Axles - Advice needed
 

Hi Carlo,
I start with the shims that came off the old pinion, that's the
inaccuracy between the bores of that housing, usually that's close
enough for government work. The bluing in these examples are really a
negative of what we see: http://www.drivetrain.com/ringpinioninstal.html
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Carlo wrote:
>
> funny you should mention this............
> My son had a problem w/his D35 (89 YJ). He is just using it to go back &
> forth to Chico State, so I thought I would just drive over to West Coast
> Differential for a master bearing kit & hire a friend of a friend to show me
> how to do the "contact pattern " thing. (I think I have looked @ 15 or 20
> illustrations - but need to do a "hands on" before I can truly understand
> it). Got home, jacked it up next day & pulled the cover ----2 teeth stuck to
> the magnetic filler hole plug-------back to West Coast Differential on
> Monday. Well, got to the point of doing the "contact pattern" thing & I
> asked "so how do you do this?" - he said "I don't know, I never have done
> that. I always go by feel.". We put it together, he felt it a couple of
> times & said "we should add some shims to the pinion" I told him that I had
> .003", .005" & .010". he said to give him a .005", put it in & it felt good
> (to him). My neighbor has a tow truck service out of his home now, but used
> to own a garage & this guy worked for him for several years and he says that
> he did the rear end on his tow truck about 3 or 4 yrs ago & it is still
> running.
> So now I think I can handle removing & replacing the parts of an
> axle..................but I am still rather ignorant about the "contact
> pattern" thing. Some day I will find someone to "hand hold" me thru the
> process & I will have reached another milestone in my life.
>
> --
> Carlo F. Serusa, Jr. RPh
> carlo.jr at comcast DOTnet
> '98 Sahara TJ - '89 YJ - '79 Scout II
> O|||||||O
> '92 Explorer '65 Mustang

Re: Axles - Advice needed
 

Hi Carlo,
I start with the shims that came off the old pinion, that's the
inaccuracy between the bores of that housing, usually that's close
enough for government work. The bluing in these examples are really a
negative of what we see: http://www.drivetrain.com/ringpinioninstal.html
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Carlo wrote:
>
> funny you should mention this............
> My son had a problem w/his D35 (89 YJ). He is just using it to go back &
> forth to Chico State, so I thought I would just drive over to West Coast
> Differential for a master bearing kit & hire a friend of a friend to show me
> how to do the "contact pattern " thing. (I think I have looked @ 15 or 20
> illustrations - but need to do a "hands on" before I can truly understand
> it). Got home, jacked it up next day & pulled the cover ----2 teeth stuck to
> the magnetic filler hole plug-------back to West Coast Differential on
> Monday. Well, got to the point of doing the "contact pattern" thing & I
> asked "so how do you do this?" - he said "I don't know, I never have done
> that. I always go by feel.". We put it together, he felt it a couple of
> times & said "we should add some shims to the pinion" I told him that I had
> .003", .005" & .010". he said to give him a .005", put it in & it felt good
> (to him). My neighbor has a tow truck service out of his home now, but used
> to own a garage & this guy worked for him for several years and he says that
> he did the rear end on his tow truck about 3 or 4 yrs ago & it is still
> running.
> So now I think I can handle removing & replacing the parts of an
> axle..................but I am still rather ignorant about the "contact
> pattern" thing. Some day I will find someone to "hand hold" me thru the
> process & I will have reached another milestone in my life.
>
> --
> Carlo F. Serusa, Jr. RPh
> carlo.jr at comcast DOTnet
> '98 Sahara TJ - '89 YJ - '79 Scout II
> O|||||||O
> '92 Explorer '65 Mustang