[BFix] gear setup

[Laughner Bruce]

Brian,
 I can sit here and make excuses all day, but what happened was I didn't get
the seal in far enough and when tightened up the yoke was making contact. I
drove the seal in and everything was right in the world. Even at my age I
still get too excited when I am wrapping up a project and don't give the
little things the attention that I should.

Thanks,
Bruce
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Brian Wickert
  To: Laughner Bruce ; bfix
  Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 12:32 PM
  Subject: Re: [BFix] gear setup


  Seals should not be causing much, if any, noticeable drag.  You should
have torqued everything down with the OLD pinch nut first and then checked
the pinion preload with a inch-pound torque wrench.  You can buy the torque
wrench from a bike shop for $52.  Time to tear it back a part.  Always write
notes(for shim thickness) as you go, and I even take pictures of the
patterns.  If the pinion was torqued perfectly, and then you installed the
carrier, which resulted in the increased drag, then you must have too little
back lash.

  I agree with your attitude!  I started doing my own R&P setups, and while
it may take me an entire weekend to get them perfect, I can swap in a locker
for a friend pretty easily.

  Laughner Bruce <legacy1 at windstream.net> wrote:
    Ok everybody, I just set up a new ring and pinion in the front of the
boy's
    '76. Everything looked great until I put the new seals in it. Now there
is
    all kinds of drag when you turn the pinion. I am on my way back out to
see
    what I can find but I was hoping somebody may have an answer to my
dilemna,
    my frustration level has spiked !

    Thanks,
    Bruce G. Laughner
    '77 Bronco

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