1983 Chevrolet Malibu "ring pinion torque" Questions

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...ring and pinion gears (and a foot print using grease on the gears to see the proper gear mesh) they must be right or the rear can whine/lockup/prematurely wear out... get a manual on this ...may be ...

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...pinion and ring was not necessary. Still need the torque value for the pinion nut. The same book that I hope you used in setting the ring and pinion backlash will give you the ( Rolling Torque). Once ...

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ring you should have a 10 bolt axel. With this axel you don't torque the pinion nut. This style axel has a crush collar. Down below I forwarded the preload torque specs. If you do have a 12 bolt axel,

...ring gear the pinion bearings went outon it an i got a complete rebuild kit for it problem is no torque specs included i need the pinion an center carrier specs for it so i dont over or under torque ...

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...this you will need to tighten the nut in small increments then use the torque to rotate wrench to turn the pinion without the carrier/ ring gear installed. Repeat until desired torque is

...pinion bearing,and it has to be crushed to a certain amount,to aquire deepness into the ring gear,anyway just give it about 25 lbs torque,any more the crush sleeve will crush even more and the ...

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...Cover Bolt Ft. Lbs. 28 Pinion Brg. Preload In. Lbs 16-29 Pinion Brg. Preload In. Lbs 8-14 Used Ring Gear Backlash .008"-.015" Ring Gear Bolt to carrier Ft. Lbs. 100-120 Side Brg. Caps Ft. Lbs. ...

...ring and pinion failure best to let someone with special tools and knows what thier doing i use to do all chevy diff at my old dealer your use inch torque wrench to measure the drag on pinion nut and ...

...ring and pinion teeth, rotate it to get a imprint of the pattern on the paper. Once you've tightened the pinion nut enough to get a pattern/imprint of the teeth in the center of the pinion, you'll be ...

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...pinion bearing,and it has to be crushed to a certain amount,to acquire deepness into the ring gear,anyway just give it about 25 lbs torque,any more the crush sleeve will crush even more and the ...

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