I took the day off from working on stuff. My leg was sore and had a small hot spot on it so I figured I'd give it a day off. The lock tabs are supposed to be here today so tomorrow would be a good day to finish the gears. And then once the crush sleeve eliminator kit arrives I can set the preload on the pinion. It means I can't set the carrier in the axle for good until then. This is the only drawback.
Also I know it's been DEBATED more than once on here and other forums about if using a case spreader is required when setting up gears. I've worked in shops that didn't have one and then in other shops that did. When I first learned how to setup gears I never used a case spreader. BUT and this is the kicker I've read many cases of people with ARB lockers who didn't use a case spreader when installing the locker and had failures later. So about 10-15 years ago I was setting up gears for a lot of friends in my club and between all of them they bought the bearing puller, 20 ton press & the case spreader for me as payment for doing all this work. It's nice to have the needed tools and equipment to do this kind of work.
I know in a recent thread it was being talked about if installing gears was VooDoo or not. And as pointed out No It Isn't. It takes some specialized tools & shop equipment. You need a dial indicator to measure backlash and to measure the spread of the case if using a case spreader. Then you need either a micrometer or caliper to measure shim thickness with. Also a inch lb torque wrench. It needs to be a dial indicator type but you can use a beam style torque wrench also. And then you need gear marking paint. A bearing puller set is also helpful and then a hyd press. This is the basic set of extra tools you need and I'm sure there is stuff I'm forgetting.
I'll try to take pictures as I'm doing the gears and explain what I'm doing. The biggest thing about doing gears is that you take your time and then make sure things are exact. You can't rush this process.
Also I know it's been DEBATED more than once on here and other forums about if using a case spreader is required when setting up gears. I've worked in shops that didn't have one and then in other shops that did. When I first learned how to setup gears I never used a case spreader. BUT and this is the kicker I've read many cases of people with ARB lockers who didn't use a case spreader when installing the locker and had failures later. So about 10-15 years ago I was setting up gears for a lot of friends in my club and between all of them they bought the bearing puller, 20 ton press & the case spreader for me as payment for doing all this work. It's nice to have the needed tools and equipment to do this kind of work.
I know in a recent thread it was being talked about if installing gears was VooDoo or not. And as pointed out No It Isn't. It takes some specialized tools & shop equipment. You need a dial indicator to measure backlash and to measure the spread of the case if using a case spreader. Then you need either a micrometer or caliper to measure shim thickness with. Also a inch lb torque wrench. It needs to be a dial indicator type but you can use a beam style torque wrench also. And then you need gear marking paint. A bearing puller set is also helpful and then a hyd press. This is the basic set of extra tools you need and I'm sure there is stuff I'm forgetting.
I'll try to take pictures as I'm doing the gears and explain what I'm doing. The biggest thing about doing gears is that you take your time and then make sure things are exact. You can't rush this process.