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Torque Ring Gear Bolts on New Differential

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Getting Turbo Yukon "Uncle Rob" Ready For Rocky Mountain Race Week! Posi Diff Install PT1: Tear Down

What happens here

The ring gear bolts, now attached to the new Posi unit, are torqued down to the specified setting. This process involves using a digital torque wrench and following a star pattern to ensure even pressure and prevent warping of the ring gear. The wrench is set to 69 ft-lbs (slightly above the official 65 ft-lbs specification) and confirms proper tightening by listening for the "beep" and observing the LED indicators. A vise is used to securely hold the differential carrier during this process.

Goal: Securely fasten the ring gear to the new differential carrier.

Tools and materials

  • Digital Torque Wrench

What they say

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distracted everybody yeah i think it was just like flexing too much yeah so what did what did you just do you put it through the middle through the middle of the carrier that's how you do it guys don't do that oh my god i needed to reuse those they're fine oh no thank you ashton oh no where did they go that's the part of this i don't know how to do like setting backlash and all that i don't know how to do it okay well here's what you got going on here now you have uh this big chasm and the magic ice cream cone in here that makes everything go zoom the gaping hole that's what she said smells really bad yeah it does this is not that bad i guess i gotta go summit tomorrow and get uh get some bearings i need a new rear cover because that one's all rusted crap new fluids need to get a clamp for the exhaust so i can connect the exhaust to the old exhaust so you're gonna finish your downpipe finish hold the down pipe and put a flex pipe on it to connect it to the stock of muffler she stops now i was just standing here and she's like sliding all over the floor like you want to see something cool what do i want a scooter

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