vavaroutsos
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- First Name
- Pete
- Joined
- Nov 24, 2017
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- Location
- Scotts Valley, CA
- Vehicle(s)
- 2015 Sprinter Crew Van 2500 High Roof 144" WB OM651 Brilliant Silver, 2019 JLR 3.6L 6SPD Granite Crystal
I just opened my gear sets. One pinion is marked +04 and the other +0.13. Neither have an M in front and notice one has a decimal and the other doesn't (WTF Dana?). They came in totally different style boxes as well, so I'm not sure if one is an older set marked in thousands of an inch and the other in mm or what. I might just give @Northridge4x4 a call and see what they say.I can't answer how it came with 0.021" backlash...I didn't assemble it! Oh yeah, I checked that in multiple locations, and I reset up a few times, because I decided to get a video of it. For only 1,800 miles, I was kind of surprised how dark the fluid was, and locker sensor nub (don't know what to call it) was caked in gear schmegma (correct spelling? lol ).
I can't say that I heard any noise from the rear, but Jeeps are loud, not to mentioned I'm still getting used to all the Jeep noises. And really, I wasn't tuned into listening for gear noise. Also, the last 500 miles had noisy 37" Trail Grapplers.
Last night, I finally got sets of Yukon and Spicer shims (ordered from multiple places to increase my chances of getting them quickly), and I finished setting up the rear. I was a bit surprised how very little carrier movement impacts backlash a lot - seemed backwards (of course, we're still talking thousandths).
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