chrisexv6
Active Member
Recently had the drive cup grub screw back out, which caused the input gear to hang out inside the diff case a bit too far. Gouged the aluminum diff cup a bit, but other than needing a good cleaning, all of the teeth look OK. Diff is smooth, etc.
Reassembling everything, I noticed I can move the input gear in and out a bit. In far enough and it will bind while turning the diff. Out far enough you feel something similar to correct motor pinion to spur gear mesh.
Which is correct? Im guessing not binding, but is a motor to spur gear mesh what is correct for the diff input? There were no shims behind it during teardown and it survived this well so far. Just curious if I should buy shims and shim it myself (need a new input bearing anyway, so Ill had to tear it all down again)
The vids I see on shimming the diffs seem to concentrate on whats inside the diff cup, not much said about the input to ring gear.
Thanks.
-Chris
Reassembling everything, I noticed I can move the input gear in and out a bit. In far enough and it will bind while turning the diff. Out far enough you feel something similar to correct motor pinion to spur gear mesh.
Which is correct? Im guessing not binding, but is a motor to spur gear mesh what is correct for the diff input? There were no shims behind it during teardown and it survived this well so far. Just curious if I should buy shims and shim it myself (need a new input bearing anyway, so Ill had to tear it all down again)
The vids I see on shimming the diffs seem to concentrate on whats inside the diff cup, not much said about the input to ring gear.
Thanks.
-Chris