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blazer2007 · 10-09-2017, 05:52 PM

what is the purpose of pre loading the pinion bearing if your using a dummy bearing.Is it to set up the backlash etc. on carrier ? Just trying to do a 12 bolt chev truck 5 stud on a 1980. I could understand pre loading new bearings but when they use a dummy bearing I didn,t understand why you would pre load it and not use the new bearing instead.

10-09-2017, 05:52 PM	#1
blazer2007 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: vernon b.c. Posts: 3,022	pinion pre load ? what is the purpose of pre loading the pinion bearing if your using a dummy bearing.Is it to set up the backlash etc. on carrier ? Just trying to do a 12 bolt chev truck 5 stud on a 1980. I could understand pre loading new bearings but when they use a dummy bearing I didn,t understand why you would pre load it and not use the new bearing instead.