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Originally Posted by blykins
Put the pinion in the freezer overnight. A few minutes before you need to put the bearings on, put the bearings in boiling water. Get a good glove on and push the bearing on by hand.
As for assembly, forget crush sleeves, use a solid pinion spacer. You need a good torque wrench that reads in inch-lbs to set the pinion bearing drag. You'll also need to learn how to read gear paint...if it's not right the gears will make noise.
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Dats the way an old Ford mechanic taught me how to do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You'll also need a good spanner wrench to turn the side adjusters.
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I made mine out of a big old socket, welded two little "rods" opposite each other on the outside of the socket, works like a charm,took me about 10 minutes to make.......
David