pinion play

95 10bolt 2 series carrier

I am installing 4.10, The pinion bearing was pressed, crush sleve in, all new bearings/race , there is still play after tighten nut w/ washer.

Not sure what to do/look for I did use the stock shim

There should be some play depending on the amount of backlash. If you still have play front to rear you haven't crushed the sleeve yet.

There should be some play depending on the amount of backlash. If you still have play front to rear you haven't crushed the sleeve yet.



ya the play is from front to rear, i used a impact gun but didnt go to crazy, from what i read its bad to over tighten the nut.

Does it matter which way the crush sleeve goes on?

that is why it is called a crush sleeve

you need to keep tightening the pinion nut until you reach your pinion bearing pre-load, new bearings 25 inch pounds of rotating force, use a inch pound beam style torque wrench

you need a quality 1/2 impact gun and a little gear lube on the threads helps too

if you go past the desired pinion bearing pre-load, you will need to start over with a new crush sleeve, they are a 1 time use only

Throw the damn cush sleeve away. They are not needed, complicate the install and did i say NOT NEEDED.

Throw the damn cush sleeve away. They are not needed, complicate the install and did i say NOT NEEDED.



it is a very easy set up procedure to use a crush sleeve, and if you can not get the crush sleeve to work out you can use a solid pinion spacer (i use these on all high hp cars/trucks)

kool thanks for everyones help, I put some more tq to the bolt and it tightened fine, I didnt realize how much it took to crush the sleeve