memeep
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8 3/4,,, 70 rr installed green bearings,, driver side axle is bottoms out in the carrier,,, before the bearing flange does on the housing by 1/4 inch!! Is the bearing pressed on the axle too far???
8 3/4 green bearings,,
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I think that there is a "step" in the axle shaft to locate the bearing.
memeep
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That's what I thought,,, I just read on this sight that I must remove the spacer in the center section when installing green bearings,,,,,, so how hard is that??? I can handle removing the hog head,,, but don't wanna have to dissassemble it,,
daredevil
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Did you pull the spacer in the diff?.http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=97390
daredevil
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This would depend on if its cone or clutch type how it comes out.
memeep
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I don't know witch one it is but ill get back with you on that when find out!!! Do I have to remove the hog head for both types??
daredevil
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I would say yes. Dont know how else you could get to it. Option 2. If you dont want to pull everything apart have a machine shop take a quarter inch off each axle. Or do it yourself with a chop saw and a file.If you do it yourself keep the axle cool with water or oil.then taper the end with a file.
memeep
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OK thanks,,,, I have a metal band saw that cuts cool.and slow!! I may try that or just take it apart,,,, once again thanks for your help and time!!!
Meep-Meep
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You must have the 4 pinion sure grip carrier. Those have the buttons for the axle thrust. Normally those have fallen out years ago! There is a little pin that holds the buttons together so they float back and forth without falling out and it's always broken. If you have to remove the buttons and they are still intact you can pull the third member and with a pin punch you should be able to knock the pin through the other side and take the buttons out.
Please, for your sake, do it correctly. Remove the thrust buttons located in the center of the carrier. DO NOT cut your axles down...:icon_confused:
You can put a magnet on a long rod of some sort, and go thru the axle tube to pull out the buttons (I did it this way). If you take out the 3rd member, it is quiet easier to remove them with a shorter magnet.
After you do this, there is no axle adjustment anymore, as the Green bearings eliminate this.
memeep
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OKim taking it out today but when I reassemble it does it havea gasket or do I use some rtv sealant??
Meep-Meep
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A gasket is factory but you can use RTV if you had to.
memeep
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Hey meep meep,,, I got the third member out but the pin that goes threw the middle hits the ring gear and will not allow the pin to come out!!! 
any suggestions??
any suggestions??
daredevil
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Take the ring gear caps off.I dont know why 69 bee didnt want the axles cut. they cut c body axles everyday and respline them. I have a set of moser b axles i,m fixing to cut for an a rear because they are splined maybe 4 inches. Plenty of splines after they will be cut. Some people are just a little too hesitant. Old rodders did stuff like this every day out of neccesity.
memeep
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If I take the ringgear caps off will it go right BK together,, or will it mess up the end play????
Really no need to take the caps off, get a punch long enough and knock the "roll pin" out, take the thrust blocks out and put the center section back on the housing. Pics of exactly what you have will help "us" out to help you, got any??
memeep
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OK ill try to load up some pics,,, thanks for all your help!!!!!!
memeep
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Well I'm not having any luck with that,,,, but I got the roll pin out but when I drive the main pin out of the spacer bushing it hits the ring gear
Meep-Meep
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If you are anywhere near the ring gear in this exercise you need to stop now. The pin I'm talking about is in the dead center where the axle goes. Isn't that where the problem is? On the 4 pinion carrier there are some small thrust buttons that float back and forth and they are held together with a small pin. If you have the two pinion carrier the thrust is a larger diameter piece that floats but it does not have a pin and does not resemble the 4 pinion type. Do you have a sure grip carrier (posi)? If so we need to know which one you have. Both carriers have bolts that hold the two carrier halves together, and if those bolts are on the same side as the ring gear bolts you have the two pinion carrier. If they are opposite the ring gear bolts it's the 4 pinion.
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