I need to replace leaking pinion seal in 1973 Dart with 7 1/4 differential. I read the Factory Service Manual and researched previous threads on this topic on this forum. Questions:
1. How do you hold the yoke still to remove the nut without the tool in the service manual?
2. When I reinstall the yoke on the pinion shaft, does it push right on or do I need a tool or some method to push it back on ?
3. Does the yoke need to go back on the shaft in the same position? What I mean is do the splines and grooves need to go back in the same grooves before disassembly?
4. According to the FSM this differential has a crush sleeve. Advice on getting the nut back on properly? A previous thread on this forum suggested marking the nut and the shaft and counting the number of turns to remove and using the same number of turns to tighten. Does this work?
5. Is it better to replace the crush sleeve? Is that more involved and harder?
I have a clicker style torque wrench and the older "bending bar" style.
1. How do you hold the yoke still to remove the nut without the tool in the service manual?
2. When I reinstall the yoke on the pinion shaft, does it push right on or do I need a tool or some method to push it back on ?
3. Does the yoke need to go back on the shaft in the same position? What I mean is do the splines and grooves need to go back in the same grooves before disassembly?
4. According to the FSM this differential has a crush sleeve. Advice on getting the nut back on properly? A previous thread on this forum suggested marking the nut and the shaft and counting the number of turns to remove and using the same number of turns to tighten. Does this work?
5. Is it better to replace the crush sleeve? Is that more involved and harder?
I have a clicker style torque wrench and the older "bending bar" style.
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