On my rear 10 spline diff the carrier bearing bolts worked loose and caused a whine. I pulled out the third member..

1) The bearings and race looks/ spins fine.. Can I just tighten the carrier bolts down with some loctite and hit the road or do I have to worry about backlash being messed-up due to loose carrier bolts on just one side... I know nothing about backlash at this point...

I2) Is backlash only affected by pinion/ ring work or do side bearings and bolts affect it as well ?

either way I am putting it back together and going..I just want to know if the backlash is totally buggered up from the loose bolts on the cap or if I can atleast run #4, 5, 6 , ..(and 1 :flipoff2: )

Guardrail etc are out of the question until I am locked up.

Thanks -

Jason Bradley

Bummer - It seems that since the carrier cap came off the backlash must be checked on that axis. Since the pinion bearing/ bolt were not touched the pinion height should be fine. Guess I will buy some prussian blue and take a swing at side to side backlash... any tips are still appreciated..

Best to reset the backlash anyway.....Indicator on the ring tooth and look for .007 backlash.

check tightness of your ring gear bolts while the 3rd memba is out. This may affect side to side motion(runout). Travel safe!

Johnathan

I took it all apart - the pinion gear has two broken teeth. Tellico is off for me. Take lots of photos.

Jason Bradley