Recent content by richard allison

so i just did a shake and bake with the pinion bearing. that is where you freeze the pinion and bake the bearing to 400 deg for 30 min. the bearing then drops right into place with no pressing, hammering or shaking just as shown in the video. so there is no shake to the shake and bake but i...

i will soon replace my differential carrier bearings and i will have significant logistic problems getting to a press. i see videos of people heating the bearings to flat out hammering the new bearings on. i have seen the heating method used in some heavy equipment. has anybody had success with...

recently i had to replace the spider gears in my 2004 xlt with 7.5 inch ring gear limited slip differential. after much research in forums and videos there seems to be a couple of details that are not addressed that baffles semi experienced schmucks such as myself. Most discussions and videos...

well that's good information. So i have some time before i replace the pinion and ring which i will do as i like to do the fix rather than band aid or dealing with it.

So my bigger question is if I should replace the pinion altogether due to the small chips at the tips of the small end ?

i did not touch the nut or the pinion at all. i did spin it by hand and did not notice any problems but i could have easily overlooked a problem. my gut tells me there is more damage from the spider gear shattering such as perhaps the bearings. please also note that there is no noise when it is...

hello everybody. i could use your help with my ranger danger. i have a 2004 ranger xlt. the rear diff is 7.5 28 spline LIMITED SLIP. recently one of the spider gears shattered and it was ugly. it even punched a hole in the cover. in order to replace all spider gears and clutch plates we had to...