Thread: i messed up...
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Old 03-09-2017, 10:02 PM   #6
clinebarger
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Re: i messed up...

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Originally Posted by ratfreak8871 View Post
Thanks Cline. Not too high perf. 454- 480 HP. Yes it is with a seal. Seated bearings before I put the carrier in. I back nut off to 10 in. lbs. and went back to 24 in. This is where I messed up??
480hp with big block torque, I would HIGHLY recommend a pinion spacer & shim set-up!! What diff are you working on?

Once you crush the sleeve to far.....It's DONE, It will never space the bearings with them amount of force it was designed to once you back off the nut.

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Originally Posted by cg285 View Post
+2 in 35 in # don't hurt anything. (Don't back it off!)

what is strange to me is this seating thing. drive the cups home, drive or press on the large cone - done. what is there to seat?
Sometimes the races don't get seated all the way using drivers on initial install.
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