You're not going to be able to crush the new crush sleeve with a ratchet wrench, you'll need a breaker bar. As I recall, since I don't have the FSM here at work, it takes well over 200 ft-lbs. of torque to crush it and a ratchet wrench just doesn't have nearly enough leverage to provide the force needed.

 

Ya i have it at my dealership right now. And i didn't mean to say ratchet i ment breaker. But Thanks alot i will give her some Hell now.

Thanks bud

Bobby

 

Impact gun!!!! I used to rebuild axles,trans and t/cases- mostly big stuff out of big rigs,etc, but plenty of car/truck stuff. D-30's are a pain in the arse- The carrier shims are behind the bearings, so you have to pull the bearings every time to set back lash and carrier preload- unlike gm's and danas,wich have spacers between the bearing race and housing. Take it somewhere, since you have it apart- its worth it!

 

Thanks for the info man i appreciate it alot! I have posted this on craigslist and have had tunz of replys about it. And most of them say im being a wuss and need to try harder, so thats going to be the plan for now!

 

Just use a longer breaker bar (or place an extension like a pipe on it), my 3' breaker bar is fully capable of crushing that sleeve with little fuss.

 

The FSM says you may need as much as 350 ft. lbs. to get the appropriate pre-load.

I know that, with a breaker bar and a cheater bar (pipe on the breaker bar) I had to hang on my breaker bar to torque it by the time I had my preload dialed in the first time I did a D30. I weight 310 pounds, so that's a lot of torque when you add it to a 36" bar.

Pay careful attention to your bearing preload - and remember that the measurement assumes a bearing with lubrication ( a little gear oil on the bearings).