[Spridgets] differential

[Rick Fisk]

No.  The crush washer is in there to set the preload on the bearings.  Just tightening the pinion nut will change the preload and the bearings will probably fail in just a few thousand miles.

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> On Aug 17, 2016, at 3:26 PM, mdrowe via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> The differential I just pulled has a lot of slop in it, but it does not look worn.  To my uneducated eye, it looks like the pinion is not all the way in to the ring gear because the crush washer was not torqued enough.  Does that make sense?  If so, can I just torque it more and see what happens?
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> Michael Rowe
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