Checking the rear unit clearance????

[PaulRV6]

I need some advice on this please: when checking this clearance do I use a dial indicator on the output shaft (inside) and jack up the output shaft or do I jack up the output shaft and measure using feeler gage btw snap ring and steel shim?

I ask cause I get .069" measuring with dial indicator and roughly .020" with feeler. I am wondering if maybe I am jacking up output shaft too much but shoudn't they be the same anyway?

Need help.

paul

 

[Lee Thompson]

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The video I have shows jacking up the tail shaft and using a feeler gage. Do you have a video? If not maybe I could be of some help in that area.

 

[chris718]

forget that method.build it all up on the table from the output shaft to the snap ring that holds the front carrier in and insert a feeler gage in between the snap ring and the selectivr washer.ths will be your rear end play,adjust accordingly.

 

[PaulRV6]

Thanks Lee and Chris.

Lee, does your video say how much to jack the shaft?

Chris, I will try using your method but I would still like to figure out the difference.

paul

 

[Lee Thompson]

Yes

I run the screw up until it stops. Its been a while since I watched the video. Its fool proof!!!

 

[PaulRV6]

Yep, that works, thanks.

Another thing, do you know if I have to remove the low/reverse cup seal in order to remove low/reverse clutch? The book says to remove but not sure if it is to get the clutch out or just for reasons of replacement. Thanks Lee

paul

 

[Lee Thompson]

cup lug

If the seal is driven in as it should be--it will be pressing against the low and reverse clutch housing --which has to come out before you can get to the low and reverse clutches. I use a ground down easy-out. You can probably get the low and reverse housing out--but putting it back in could prove to be diffilcult. I would worry about the cup sealing as it has a rubber business end on it.

 

[PaulRV6]

That's what I figured Lee, so I removed it first. Used a cutoff #4 easy out, worked good too.

Thanks again!!

paul