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pinion gear problem. clueless. need help bad and fast...

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Old 03-21-2012, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by 2006bowtie
well i used a 450lbs snap on impact driver. with 2 shims it fit. but put the carrier out of wack so i gotta shim it now. i thought i had it zero'ed in but it make a whole lotta noise and kaboomed the g80. lol so i ordered a truetrac for it, it got here today, installing tomorrow. anyone ever used the usa standard gears? thats what i bought, i think it was a bad idea... if it causes too many more problems im gonna order some yukons. im almost a grand in on this ordeal, plus i havent had my truck in a week. so dropping 250 on some name brand gears to end it wouldnt bother me a bit. lol
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Old 03-22-2012, 09:41 PM
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got the problem fixed. my g80 blew chunks as soon as i put the 4.11s in. i reshimmed the pinion and used a beefier snap on impact to crush the crush sleeve. the one i used didnt have enough *** to crush it. everything fine and dandy now, installed a detroit truetrac. couldnt be happier.
Old 03-22-2012, 11:16 PM
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I used 8.5 gears in my truck. Only issues I ran into was different bearings and races. One had a steeper angle than the other. Changed both the race and the bearing. Workers great. Going on over 30,000 miles since the swap.
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