Help With Pinion Nut Torque

[Dako]

The cups are taller than the original when looking at them together. I triple checked the part number, MOOG 315G, and it was a direct fit. I measured the yoke I.D. at 2 1/8" and cap diameter at 1.078". Both were same size as original and the clips fit tight inside the yoke. The first one I bought just giving make, model, engine, etc was MOOG 246 and it was too big to fit the yoke. I hope there are no issues.

As long as the retaining clips fit snug, you are fine.

For anyone else who needs to change their seal in the future there is an easy way to do this without a torque wrench:

1. Using a punch, make a mark on the nut and a mark adjacent to it on the end of the pinion shaft before you remove the nut that holds the yoke on.
2. When you reassemble, run the nut down to where it's snug. The two punch marks should be fairly close. Tighten until your marks re-align and you are done. You can do this using an impact gun, breaker bar, etc.

For those who get hung up on the torque spec, but don't have a wrench that goes that high, you can fab up an extension for your smaller torque wrench and get the desired results. Here is a link to better explain the extension: http://www.freeinfostuff.com/TorqueExtension/TorqueExtension.htm

Hope this helps somebody.