4th Gen Posi with abs ring
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4th Gen Posi with abs ring
Will the carrier in the picture work in a 92 rear. Both are 28 spline. I want to know if I have to remove that abs reluctor thing, or if I can leave it on? Can I remove it without a press?
Also, if I was opening my stock rear and putting this and gm 373s in, what all is recommended to buy for the install? I was going to use the stock shims over and not measure the backlash or whatever.
Also, if I was opening my stock rear and putting this and gm 373s in, what all is recommended to buy for the install? I was going to use the stock shims over and not measure the backlash or whatever.
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You can leave it on, it's pretty harmless and doesn't require regular feeding or anything.
The odds against a successful install by doing what you're talking about, are ASTRONOMICAL. I'd recommend STRONGLY against it.
Get yourself a "gear install kit", which will have both pinion bearings, both carrier bearings, a crush sleeve, and shims. You can almost certainly (probably 95% odds or better) get away with using a stock thickness pinion shim, which is .035". Of course, if you do that, and you end up in the other 5%, don't come looking for me telling me that I gave you bad advice, when they whine or self-destruct or whatever. But, it usually works. You will ALMOST CERTAINLY need carrier shims if you change the gears though.
Trying to do rear end gear work without the right measuring tools is usually more expensive, in the form of Pete and RePete, than buying the tools and doing it right. It's a classic case of spending more money to get out of spending money than you get out of spending. (Spend $300 in parts, a couple of times maybe, to get out of spending $100 in tools..... not real smart)
The odds against a successful install by doing what you're talking about, are ASTRONOMICAL. I'd recommend STRONGLY against it.
Get yourself a "gear install kit", which will have both pinion bearings, both carrier bearings, a crush sleeve, and shims. You can almost certainly (probably 95% odds or better) get away with using a stock thickness pinion shim, which is .035". Of course, if you do that, and you end up in the other 5%, don't come looking for me telling me that I gave you bad advice, when they whine or self-destruct or whatever. But, it usually works. You will ALMOST CERTAINLY need carrier shims if you change the gears though.
Trying to do rear end gear work without the right measuring tools is usually more expensive, in the form of Pete and RePete, than buying the tools and doing it right. It's a classic case of spending more money to get out of spending money than you get out of spending. (Spend $300 in parts, a couple of times maybe, to get out of spending $100 in tools..... not real smart)
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