Dana 60

TheGrateRonzini said

anyone have a starting point for the side to side shims? I took numbers off of the old ones, but still have no backlash. As it sits, pinion is too high, I took out the slinger and set the pinion race at .050. Haven’t tried it yet in the housing. Wanted to see how off I was on what was in there. That’s what i started with and was way high and close. I took .005 out from ring side and added .005 to bare side. Spool with 35 spline. 4:10 gears. Just wanted starting point. I had the FSM on old phone, but now I can only find front and 44 spicer FSM.
Thanks

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This is how I established the carrier shim packs on mine - put the carrier/spool in without a pinion gear or carrier shims and move it side to side. Measure that movement with a dial indicator. Then do the same thing with the pinion gear in place. That will tell you approximately how much of the total shim pack goes on each side. Of course you have to account for backlash and add additional shims (I believe it was around .010") to each side for bearing preload.

There are plenty of good installation videos on youtube and articles available online.

If you end up using a case spreader, be very careful not to over-spread it.