V2 Diff rebuild + Gear Ratio Swap

[bigjae46]

I finished up setting up the diff. I only added 0.1 shim to the pinion bearing, and now that have seen many online photos, I am not sure I needed to shim it at all. Feel free to comment, my first pattern was a bit high on the tooth but also had a bit larger area, with the 0.1 shim it lowered a bit but the coast side seems thinner? I think is very minor and is fine either way, if it was not so difficult to remove everything again, I would probably take the 0.1 shim out.

I always pray to god almighty before pressing in the pinion that the pinion depth is good and I don't need to f with the shim. Handling all of the diff parts gets tiring with a high risk of a smashed finger.

I didn't catch this before but the marking compound needs to be applied evenly and all the way down into the root. The first pic probably looks high because the diaper rash cream isn't all the way down into the root. Gear marking compound is a little thicker and easier to apply evenly. For anyone doing this in the future...use gear marking compound. I also found out that diaper rash cream tends to smear.

That looked like an adventure! Glad you got through it! I went through 4 crush sleeves on my first diff...lol...wasn't funny then but I laugh now.

[maupineda]

I always pray to god almighty before pressing in the pinion that the pinion depth is good and I don't need to f with the shim. Handling all of the diff parts gets tiring with a high risk of a smashed finger.

I didn't catch this before but the marking compound needs to be applied evenly and all the way down into the root. The first pic probably looks high because the diaper rash cream isn't all the way down into the root. Gear marking compound is a little thicker and easier to apply evenly. For anyone doing this in the future...use gear marking compound. I also found out that diaper rash cream tends to smear.

That looked like an adventure! Glad you got through it! I went through 4 crush sleeves on my first diff...lol...wasn't funny then but I laugh now.

Thanks James for all the help mate!!! Really helps to have another set of eyes!!!

that bearing tool was a god sent, as chiseling out the race is very annoying! So the McMaster shims I found were like made for this application. My OCD makes me still wish to have the OE depth tool just see what it would say. But as you and I chatted, is just splitting hairs.

Also crushing the crush sleeve is an event!

I now have like 7 OE pinion shims in varying sizes I won’t need lol.

[bigjae46]

Thanks James for all the help mate!!! Really helps to have another set of eyes!!!

that bearing tool was a god sent, as chiseling out the race is very annoying! So the McMaster shims I found were like made for this application. My OCD makes me still wish to have the OE depth tool just see what it would say. But as you and I chatted, is just splitting hairs.

Also crushing the crush sleeve is an event!

I now have like 7 OE pinion shims in varying sizes I won’t need lol.

Happy to help! The feeling of getting the job done is amazing especially after you drive it for the first time.