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Before any tear-down or disassembly begins, it is important to verify which bearing you have. There are two types of “Green Bearings” being supplied by axle manufacturers. Your setup should look like Figure 2 (below left), not the Figure 1 configuration, otherwise this kit will not fit. Furthermore, review the wheel clearance diagram (Figure 3, below right) to verify that there is adequate clearance with the wheels you will be using with this installation.
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PREPERATION
1. Disassemble and clean housing. Use a good grease cutting solvent to remove the lube residue.
Follow this with warm soapy water, such as from the car wash.
a. On “Drop Out” style housings, such as 9” Ford, you must remove the “Drop Out” and then clean the housing as described above. We recommend that you get a used “Drop Out” from a junk yard and use this for your fixture case. This way you will only have minimal work to re-setup your gears. Place the appropriate pucks into the carrier bearing locations. Screw the bearing cap bolts finger tight. Slip the bar through the assembly and then tighten the cap bolts. Remove the shaft.
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The descriptions and service procedures contained in this manual are based on design and method studies up to September 1991. The products are under continuous development. Vehicles and components produced after the above date may therefore have different specifications and repair methods. When this is judged to have a significant bearing on this manual, supplementary service bulletins will be issued to cover the changes. The new edition of this manual will update the changes.
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Now that everything is disassembled, cleaned, and bagged in labeled Zip-Locs, it’s time to decide what to replace. Warning: I’m not a transmission specialist – I’m only telling you how I interpreted this. If anyone with more experience can comment on my methods, I would be happy to update this. Carefully inspect all gears and the main drive gear. Check the inside faces for signs of wear or light pits, especially if the bearing that was removed had any wear. Inspect the bearing face on the drive gear at each end.
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The descriptions and service procedures contained in this manual are based on designs and methods studies carried out up to January 2005. The products are under continuous development. Vehicles and components produced after the above date may therefore have different specifications and repair methods. When this is judged to have a significant bearing on this manual, supplementary service bulletins will be issued to cover the changes.
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