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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2011 9:49:53 GMT -5
Why should I take the time to show AA what they can do better? Only thing I'll get out of it at this point is more loss of my personal time.
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Post by 87B2XLT on Jul 10, 2011 15:21:23 GMT -5
I hear you, there... but think of all the other people's headache that you'll help avoid.... c'mon, be a little giving, Keith!
Dave G
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2011 20:41:52 GMT -5
I was looking for something to replace the Aussie locker in the rear axle, but with a small price tag. I heard a GM 12 bolt mini spool can be made to fit in a Toyota 9.5 carrier so I decided to try it for myself. I picked up a Richmond Gear mini spool from Amazon for $62 shipped. Remove the Aussie locker or spider gears if you haven't stepped up to a locker yet. I started by installing the two side gears. They need a hair taken off where they slide in to the carrier. About .0010 is all. I used some emery cloth and just made them shiny. They fit right in. You will need to grind a little on the c-clips. They need to be ground to a horseshoe type shape. They need to fit in the wide grooves on the side gears.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2011 20:42:29 GMT -5
Next I turned my attention to the shafts. I had ordered a new set of alloy shafts from Poly Performance. They are overpriced IMO, but they are also the only SF shafts available. I cried once and pulled the trigger. One thing I noticed is the factory shafts are actually larger until they neck down at the splines. Kind of strange to me, but I am not a metalurgist so I don't have an opinion on why. I did not have the foresight to buy new wheel studs. So I hammered out the old ones and pressed them in the new shafts. I'll get some studs later and press them in the old shafts so they will be functional spares. I went ahead and reused the dust shield that was on the back of the factory shafts. I slid the shafts in the axle and then installed the c-clips and snapped the shafts back out which pulls the c-clip tight against the side gears. I slid the two center blocks in place and then installed the center pin. I did not have to grind on the center blocks like I read. They went in snug, but it was no problem.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2011 20:42:57 GMT -5
Great, I think I'm done. Now here's where there was a minor problem. I had no axle end play on the left side, but excessive end play on the right side. I'm running 5.29 gears, which as you know has a pretty small pinion gear. As a result the carrier is set up over toward the right a good bit more than it would be with stock 4.10 or like gears. This is a factor with the mini spool since the ends of the shafts do not contact the center pin, and there is no spacer or side thrust washers used with it. Even though the destructions said not to use the side thrust washers, I chose to remove the right side gear and install a thrust washer using it a shim. It worked, and frankly it made the whole set up look better. Before I felt that there was too much clearance between the two side gears where the blocks fit in to the grooves. This not only tightened up that distance, but fixed the excessive end play on the right side. To sum it up, this was a cheap and easy install. Will it work? I hope so. Driving it around so far has been great compared to the Aussie. No more clanging and bucking, and sudden unloading. I can coast and decelerate around a corner and it's smooth. The downside is the obvious, lots of tire scrub, tire squalling when I turn ;D and I will wear tires out sooner. But it's not my daily driver so I don't care. The pluses outweigh the minuses. I should have done it instead of the Aussie. One day maybe I'll have the extra cabbage and can do an ARB, but this fits the bill in the meantime.
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Post by CORE 4WD on Jul 21, 2011 20:32:26 GMT -5
Good stuff Keith!
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