pappy127

Got a chance to check this thing again today. The tires are well matched. The thing doesn't have a power divider switch in the cab or lines to the rearend for a power divider. I could've sworn I saw the forks for the divider in there while I was working on the thing. May be old age kicking in again I don't know. The differential is supposed to be a 4.17. Are there some numbers somewhere that I can verify this? Driving down the road today the rear would make a sound like when you drive over the rumble strips along the side of the road. Won't do it all the time nor can I make it do it. Just does when it takes a notion to. When I got back after about a 6 mile round trip I checked and the pinion housing on the front was noticeably warmer than the rear or either housing. I am wondering if the pinion was not properly shimmed. And one more thing. The drive shaft slip joint can be pushed up and down about an inch or so. Didn't see any wear on the shaft yet but it definitely needs seeing about. Thanks guys.

The truck has a duplex tranny. It's got 5 on the main and hi/lo/reverse on the 2nd stick. As far as I have noticed the tires are matched. I haven't really paid them a lot of mind but I will check them tomorrow. Some of them may have a little more wear than the others but I've never had a problem with that before. I never thought about that switch but I will also check that. Thanks to all.

I recently replaced the front carrier on a 86 R model with a rebuilt unit. The old one had busted the ring and pinion gear under a heavy load. Ran the truck a couple of short trips and the rear end seems to be making a chunking sort of sound under load again. At times the sound seems to be emanating from the tranny/clutch area and other times from the new rearend. I was wondering if the peanuts might have been put in backwards to cause this. The reason I wonder is the guy that picked up the rear for me mentioned something about the guys doing the rebuild didn't seem too sure while they were doing the job. He was watching at the time. Thank you for any help on this.