Today we locked up Jeff (Donzi's) SJ's rear end by installing welded
spider gears.
He got them online already welded but if you can hold a welding rod you
can do it yourself. It is very simple to weld them up. So without
further ado...Here we go.
The 14 bolt is a full floating axle so no jacks are required.
We started by removing the axle shafts.
This is a very important step - dont mess it up. =)
Then we took a center punch and marked the carrier retention nuts on
either side of the center pins (visible in this picture.)
Then we removed the
bearing caps. Be sure to
keep them seperate and oriented top and bottom for reinstall. I dont
have a good picture of the carrier retention nuts - that is what the
punch marks are for. Rotate the nuts one full turn each then try to
remove the carrier. If it won't come out rotate them another full turn.
Do this until they come out making sure to count the turns. (I used my
center punch in the holes to rotate the nuts.)
Then set the carrier on
your table and remove the ring gear. I marked
the ring gear and carrier so that they would go together the same. Once
the ring gear is off, the carrier will come apart like this:
This is a picture with the spiders removed
Here are the welded spiders ready to install. Be sure to really lube
them up.
Then put the ring gear back on and reinstall, following these
directions in reverse order to reassmeble.
Put the carrier back in this hole.
And so on...=)
Then all that is left is to try it out.
Like so....
Here this is my truck after trying to keep up with Jeff all afternoon.
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