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He speaks well. He speaks very well in fact.

@@LawrenceTolman how long do u think it would take to regear a 2011 z71 tahoe 4×4 on 37 inch tires with a 10 inch lift thank u

@@ufcfightnight790 38min 25sec....

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Oh believe me, there’s plenty of in and out still going on. I think total on this one I had 7 or 8 different attempts

No problem, and thanks for watching!

Thanks for the kind words! Hope it’ll help with your install.

Thanks so much!!

You bet!

sure thing!

Awesome! Thank you!

No problem 👍

it'll definitely wake the truck up!

I hope so too! thanks for watching

thanks!

thanks! re-gearing is a pain I'll admit

@@LawrenceTolman The nice thing is you were honest about the trial and error on how to set it up. Thats the hardest part

thanks!

You can do it! just take your time and be meticulous. rushing always leads to errors

Glad to hear it!

Glad to help

thanks for stopping by, glad you found the channel!

Glad it was helpful!

thanks!!

You can put the bearings in your oven on 250 degrees for 25 minutes--and the pinion shaft and carrier in your freezer overnight. Usually, things will almost fall together at that point, if you're quick. Be sure to wear gloves. LOL

@@therealgaragegirls thanks for the tip, i guess that when there’s a will, there’s a way.

I appreciate that! thanks for watching

I’m hoping so

Thanks!

shouldve

Didn’t look like there was enough rust to warrant that

Glad it was helpful!

for your first time rebuilding an axle and re-gearing, probably a couple days

@@LawrenceTolman , great feedback. I've got a couple of days off coming up. I'll see if I can get it knocked out in two days. Thank you!

thats the way I would do it, as in theory the new bearings will have the same dimensions as the original ones did when they were new, and you're not changing anything if you re-use the original gears and carrier. Would be a good idea to run a pattern check just to be sure tho...

@@LawrenceTolman Thanks LT !!

I would say 4 hours total of labor at a shop. In my area $140 an hour comes out to $560 only for labor.

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I determine the correct pinion depth with the carrier in place, by reading the gear contact pattern, usually with several different attempts to get it right. During mock up to check said pattern, pinion bearing preload isn't important, just tighten the nut until there is no play and the pinion turns very slight effort. Then, on final assembly, you install the pinion, correct shim, final bearings, seal, yoke, crush collar and nut, and tighten the nut until the crush sleeve compresses and rotational drag is increased (with no carrier in place) until it reaches specification. You can use a yoke holding tool and a long breaker bar to manually tighten the nut, or the faster but riskier option is to use an impact gun. This can work, but its extremely easy to over tighten the pinion nut and get too much pinion drag, and if that happens, you need to disassemble and replace the crush sleeve. Once you have the pinion nut tight with drag set, you can then install the carrier for the final time, and verify backlash is correct.

@@LawrenceTolman Fantastic! Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. I just purchased a Truetrac for my 1971 Camaro. I know you like them and you are hard on the equipment (for speed) and I have never heard you say you broke one! So I figured if 1,000+HP is OK 300-400HP is fine too. The rearend ratio is currently a 3.08 so changing the gear too. Hard to do a burnout with a 3.08 :)

I use your video's for inspiration. You are a excellent teacher! Keep it up!!

The 8.6 with his setup should be fine, also, he has an 80e. Should be good to go.

Have a built 468 in a 83 blazer, original 10 bolt and 4l60 lasted about 2 months then both scattered at the same time. Looked like a bomb went off in the trans. Was driving 20 mph taking son to school when it went.

to be honest, I am not sure what brand I used on this particular rear end, but yes, I have had good luck with National on many projects.

@@LawrenceTolman Thanks for getting back to me I was wondering by deducting 5 thousands on pinion dept ,How many thousands would it add or deduct on backlash ?

in theory, yes as long as you can remove the stock pinion bearings from the pinion without damaging them. I have done it before, but my preference is to just get new bearings. In your case if you are just re-gearing and not swapping the carrier, you could get away with just new pinion bearings, and re-use the carrier bearings.

Absolutely. Just measure backlash before and after to make sure it stays the same

You can just use the old crush ring, that doesn’t change the pinion depth

I showed exactly how it went on, I always use a hammer and pipe to get the outer pinion bearing started onto the pinion gear. those outer bearings don't fit quite as tight as the inner ones do, and as long as you can get it slid on far enough to where you can get the yoke and pinion nut on, you're good to go.

Sea Ox I grind the inside out with a round barrel sander attachment for a die grinder. Or you can buy em already like that, as a setup bearing

@@LawrenceTolman where do you buy the setup bearing?

yes, the 10 that hold the ring gear to the carrier are reverse threaded

no, the first step is to set pinion depth, but each time you make an adjustment to pinion depth, you may need to re adjust backlash to get it within spec.

the only major difference wold be setting the pinion depth with shims on the pinion support instead of behind the pinion bearing. but the same principals apply...

@@LawrenceTolman thanx LT, when we gonna get to hear that turbo whistle?!?!

They were great with the LS, but when I switched to the big block and turbo, the 4.30s were too much. I ended up going back to 3.42

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