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scorpio1026
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 Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:30 pm Post subject: Over shimming? |
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| When I turn the rear wheels on my 2350 by hand I feel there is more resistance than when turning the front wheels. Could it be I put too many shims on the rear? Shimming the diffs was one of the very first things I did when I got my flux. |
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xtremesavage
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:53 am Post subject: Re: Over shimming? |
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Maybe?
Was it smooth before? or has it always been stiff?
What did you fill the diff with when you shimmed it?
Maybe the stiff one is OK,,the other one might have leaked its fluid,,giving less resistance?
Only way to know for sure is open it up. |
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scorpio1026
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:24 am Post subject: Re: Over shimming? |
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| The front end doesn't seem to have signs of leakage. Diff fluid is 50k front and 30k rear. I'm going to open the rear diff soon as time permits. |
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messiah1
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:43 am Post subject: Re: Over shimming? |
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| If you over shimmed the diff cups, you would have had a hard time getting them into the bulkhead. I know when I went with the recommended shims I couldn't get mine to sit right in the bulks and ended up having to take one out. |
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scorpio1026
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:24 am Post subject: Re: Over shimming? |
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| Oh I see. Good to know. I remember when I put them in the bulkhead it went in easy. But gonna check the diff anyways to make sure everything's good. |
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messiah1
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:46 am Post subject: Re: Over shimming? |
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| scorpio1026 wrote (View Post): | | Oh I see. Good to know. I remember when I put them in the bulkhead it went in easy. But gonna check the diff anyways to make sure everything's good. |
Something to check. I did this, this is why I know. When you put your skid plate back on there are two screws that bypass the plastic portion and just hold the aluminum to the bulkhead. If these screws are too long, they go through the plastic and can touch your diff cups, which would keep them from spinning freely. Check this. |
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dragonbat13
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:45 am Post subject: Re: Over shimming? |
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| +1 same thing happened to me |
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Cadimman
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:03 pm Post subject: Re: Over shimming? |
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| messiah1 wrote (View Post): | | scorpio1026 wrote (View Post): | | Oh I see. Good to know. I remember when I put them in the bulkhead it went in easy. But gonna check the diff anyways to make sure everything's good. |
Something to check. I did this, this is why I know. When you put your skid plate back on there are two screws that bypass the plastic portion and just hold the aluminum to the bulkhead. If these screws are too long, they go through the plastic and can touch your diff cups, which would keep them from spinning freely. Check this. |
Forgot about this. I did it once as well. |
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messiah1
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:36 pm Post subject: Re: Over shimming? |
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| Took me a bit to figure it out and then when I did, I felt like an idiot. I put it all together, and as soon as it was I couldn't spin the tires very well. Looked all over for something binding, took the plate off thinking something got in there...nothing. Put it all back together, same thing. Took it apart, and then started screwing things together and checking...that's when I figured it out. Went with shorter screws and it was fine. Doh! |
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