Which one of you bay boys wants to gimme a hand tomorrow pulling my LSD and installing my spool?

 

Mmmmnnn...diff fluid all over my forehead on a Sunday...better than a Double Whopper w/cheese

Sorry, taking the kids to Chucky-Cheese. You'll be fine, really a one-man job, just be careful when you pop/pry the carrier out.

Also, unsure of your working enviroment, but sweep/blow the area real clean, don't want any grit getting in there.

 

woulda helped you jess, but i be workin today. What brand is it?

 

k i have my axles slide out and the two U shaped retainers that look like they hold the housing in, how the hell do you pry the thing out? i dont have to remove the ring from the houseing do i? Grr that things in there any tips yawll?

 

the whole differential comes out after you remove the retainers on bit sides. just make sure you remember where the shims go. the mini spool replace the spider gears inside the differential case...

 

ok kool, but how do i get it out? its like not being held by anything but like stuck in there some how and as hard as i pull the thing wont budge, might put a chain around it and pull it with the other car slowly lol less u know a better way

 

you have take the little bolt that hold the pin in right and removed c-clip and slide axles out? if the axles are clear of the differential then it should come out....try and pry on it a little, but dont hook it to another car with a chain...lol.

 

right the axles are both slid out about half way (clear of the housing)...damn thing guess ill keep tugging

 

so where am i supposed to be prying at?

 

you have the side bearing caps off right? you can see bearings? If so I would pry between the housing and the case to remove the whole thing.....

 

i got it out, thx, now just to figure out how to take the big spider gears out with out removing the ring gear

 

is it a posi unit or an open carrier if its open then just spin it untill they fall out did you buy a full spool or mini spool?

 

no it was a posi, got a mini spool, got em out, done for the day, but it looks like ill need some more spacers because i placed the mini spool in the housing and the little cubes that go through the pin arent tight against the circular things that have the splines for the axles. I didnt mock it up with the axles in it so my question is this, will the axles place the circular things closer together so that the cubes make a tight fit in them or do they not have a roll to play at all in where the circular things line up and i have to get more spacers. I know im explaining it pretty damn confusing but thats the best i can do.

 

id mock it up put some puddy in there just to be sure. dont want to have to redo it again do you
jon

 

i have no idea what ur talking about

 

k guys all together anybody know the torque specs for the 2 U shaped retainers that hold the houseing in?

 

hey jesse here's my cell number 510 734 7207 gimme a call and what time do i need to be over there?

 

I just put together a Dana 44 3 or 4 weeks ago and spec was 65ft pounds, should be the same if they are 1/2in bolts.

 

55-60 ft lbs......glad you got it together....did my little drawing help? lol...propbably not...

 

helped more than nothing, appreciate it. Only thing was those spacers werent nearly enough (needed like an extra one of those thick ones, well a bunch of small ones but equivilant to one of those thick ones)