TJS86TOY previously posted:
"I have a little different opinion. To me doing my own gears was more intimidating than anything else. With the rite tools it's actually fairly easy, just time consuming. Brandon is correct when he talked about the bearings being pulled on and off but with a clamshell puller it makes it so easy. I set my 60 up fairly quick and the pattern is great. I guess it all boils down to patience and self confidence."
Hoping I can find a set-up bearings for it - D44 is pretty common. Those should slide on and off by hand.
dieseldoc previously posted:
"If all you are doing is a carrier change it's not to bad.
If I remember right that is what you are looking to do. Not a gear change."
Yup - if all goes well, I should be able to leave the pinion in place and just change out the TracLoc case with the Eaton case. Have to move the ring gear from one to the other, and re-install shims on each side and check. No guarantee its will be the same, but it should be pretty close. Even if I have to pull the pinon and start from scratch, at least I will know exactly how it was properly set-up initially.