blistovmhz
NAXJA Forum User
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- Vancouver, BC
Pinion seal was leaking, and outer pinion bearing was loose on my XJ d44 rear. Rear would howl on acceleration and deceleration. This is something I'd normally leave till it just blew up, but figured I might save some money by fixing it before it blew up my gear set and carrier and all the bearings. Finally decided to strip it down and get it all setup properly. Whoops.
Pinion nut came off just fine, got the seal out, pulled the carrier, put the nut back on 5 or 6 threads and gave it a single light tap to pop the pinion out. Punched the old outer race out, installed the new one, put the pinion back in, new bearing on, thrust washer, yolk, and pinion nut. Pinion nut wouldn't go on easily more than 5 or 6 threads .
Tried a brand new pinion nut as the pinion threads didn't seem destroyed, but the new one was even tighter.
Found a few threads on the pinion were a bit squashed, so hit the threads with a thread file for a LONG time which didn't really seem to be working, but the new nut went on with only minor resistance, about 3/4 of the way before it stopped moving easily, so I tried to back it off. Nope. Tried turning it right and left a few times but it wouldn't budge. Ended up taking a 3' snipe to back it all the way off, with my 200lbs reefing on the snipe while holding myself down with the leaf.
First 5 or 6 pinion threads are completely gone at this point.
Is there anything I can do to get this back together safely, without having to install a new R&P and go through the entire setup?
I figure I might be able to chop the with the bad threads off and still have enough to get full engagement, but I figured I'd ask here before doing something stupid.
Pinion nut came off just fine, got the seal out, pulled the carrier, put the nut back on 5 or 6 threads and gave it a single light tap to pop the pinion out. Punched the old outer race out, installed the new one, put the pinion back in, new bearing on, thrust washer, yolk, and pinion nut. Pinion nut wouldn't go on easily more than 5 or 6 threads .
Tried a brand new pinion nut as the pinion threads didn't seem destroyed, but the new one was even tighter.
Found a few threads on the pinion were a bit squashed, so hit the threads with a thread file for a LONG time which didn't really seem to be working, but the new nut went on with only minor resistance, about 3/4 of the way before it stopped moving easily, so I tried to back it off. Nope. Tried turning it right and left a few times but it wouldn't budge. Ended up taking a 3' snipe to back it all the way off, with my 200lbs reefing on the snipe while holding myself down with the leaf.
First 5 or 6 pinion threads are completely gone at this point.
Is there anything I can do to get this back together safely, without having to install a new R&P and go through the entire setup?
I figure I might be able to chop the with the bad threads off and still have enough to get full engagement, but I figured I'd ask here before doing something stupid.