Differential install Question HELP!!

[andybritt2002]

hey guys,

I took my center chunk section out of my rockwell axle to install a locker, went to put the bull gear back into the hole, put the races on the bearings, put the caps on and screwed the piece I highlighted in yellow in the pic down to squish the races onto the bearings etc. I marked the caps for which side they came off of etc so I know I have the right sides. How tight does this need to be?( the big circle screw in press with all the tabs on it" I used a flat bar to turn it, and what happens is after I get it screwed in as far as it was when i took it out..... the diff becomes very hard to turn then I cant at all by hand. Its not too terribly tight because if its much looser you can grab it and wiggle the whole thing around slightly. Did I accidently screw something up with the bearings on each end?

 

[73m819]

Are you doing this install sorta just winging it, sorta sounds like it, putting a rear together needs the specs, without them, a rear can die FAST, and wont take much, I don't have deuce diff. specs., should be in the -34 tm

Try here for the TMs
http://www.jatonkam35s.com/

 

[andybritt2002]

thanks, im going to look that up right now. yeah im just winging it. this isnt for my deuce it is for a mud project.

 

[spicergear]

I've done several and am probably going to catch heat about this but...when I put them back together the original side lash tabbed ring thing you're talking about made the diff very tight at the factory setting. I went one tab of rotation less than the factory setting and finished the project(s). I've set up 4 or 6 now like this (its too early to think hard) and never had any problems whatsoever. Especially in a mud truck- back it off a tab and knock it back together. Make sure to relockwire the diff. Rockwells are really easy...just big and heavy. Also, you're not setting up a standard like ring and pinion when putting these back together either...

 

[gringeltaube]

............................. put the caps on and screwed the piece I highlighted in yellow in the pic down to squish the races onto the bearings etc.
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Wrong procedure, study the TM....

Seriously, TM 9-2320-209-34-2-1, pages 10-91 to 10-95 tell you exactly how to do it.
(I could PM you these pages if you want)

G.