RE: differential: loose or tight?

["Westerlund, Ken" <kwesterlund@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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Earl,
When you say "weak gears" do you mean a design flaw or bad metallurgy?
Thanks,
Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Earl Helm [mailto:earlh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:34 AM
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: differential: loose or tight?

Sean,

Think about this, if it is loose, then the pinion can get a running
start at the ring gear, and hit
it harder. Gee what will that do. It will impact harder, and have a
tendency to strip the gears.
That is the only real issue with 8.75 rears anyway, weak gears. So go
get your pig, and have
someone else set it up correctly. The only reason he wants to set it up
loose, is because he
is too lazy to take it apart again and put the proper shims in the
pinion. 

Earl

Hi Sean,
Yes, I think he sounds shady.  I recently installed a sure grip so I was
in the shop manual and it has only one way to rebuild a SureGrip.  See
if he owns a dial indicator and torque wrench.  :-) Regards, Ken

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