Reworking an 8 1/4 and can't find ?

One of the hardest tools to find when working on these is the tool you use down the axle tube to adjust the carrier bearing adjusters. I wound up making one. I found a bolt that the head was just a little to big. I wound up grinding the flat sides of the bolt til it would fit into the adjuster. I ground the flats at an angle so the bolt head wouldn't slide all the way thru the adjuster. I then welded a 1/2" drive 7/8" socket to the threaded part of the bolt. Now I can use a long 1/2" drive extension thru the housing ends to adjust the carrier backlash and set the carrier bearing pre load.

I made two adjusters so I can slide one in each tube and it makes setting them up a lot faster than switching from side to side. Since we do a lot of 8.25" work

we have T-handles welded onto the bars and don't need a rachet to adjust them.

It's a must to build an adjustment wrench before you ever get started working on these rearends.

Tom