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General Forums => The Mess Hall => Topic started by: lqdtrance on September 19, 2010, 12:05:04 PM
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How much free play should I have when it's disconnected? I have at least a good quarter play. Also, I have some oil leaking out the center towards the passenger side. My jeep details should be in my sig.
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you mean backlash between the ring and pinion? if you meant that is 1/4 turn sounds excessive to me, might want to take the cover off and inspect it.
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1/4" or 1/4 turn?
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Quarter turn, sorry.
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1/4 turn means 90 degrees - that is a lot of backlash
take the cover off and have a look, it's probably a combination of R&P backlash and spider gears. IMO i'd say to take the cover off and have a look to see what's going on in there, probably a 1/2 an hour to an hour job.
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If you are turning the drive shaft you might be seeing some wear there too. It's better to turn the yoke directly to make sure.
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Friend of mine looked at it with me. The lockers are the cause. They have a lot of free movement. Cheap ones. Lockright I think. Everything looks good in there though. I do need to replace that axle seal though.
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It's normal for an auto locker to have 1/4 turn of movement. My Detroit has about that much as well.
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that makes sense
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Sorry, I thought I had that listed in my sig for some reason.