8 3/4 gear setup

Jadaharabi said
Now your cooking with gas.
Good now you should be able to get it together.

Great help all! :thumbsup:

OK here are some Yukon gear torque specs for the record. They also recommend that you set the backlash slightly under spec on gear side and then tighten the opposite adjuster to see if it opens up, if it forces backlash past spec, relax and go back and tighten gear side a little and repeat. This should set carrier bearing preload (no spec given) as well as backlash. Then proceed with getting adjusters as tight as possible with equal turns on both sides. Seems no one has an adjuster torque spec as this doesn't use a torque wrench interface, unless someone makes a crows foot adapter for an adjuster?
----------------pinion P/L (new-------used)----B Lash in thou---ring gear--cap torque--adjusters---pinion
8-3/4” ’89’ . . . . . . . . . . .14"-19" ... ..6-9" . . . . .6-10 . . . . . . .55' . . . . . .90'..........TIGHT.....210' min

TIGHT is as tight as possible with a 10-12" spanner once backlash has been set, tightening both equally so as not to disturb final backlash.

They also mention that as long as the drive side pattern is centered from root to top land under load, the coast side pattern is not critical as long as the back lash is to spec. It's the nature of the gear cut, not an adjustment.