{"id":5989,"date":"2026-04-22T08:38:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=5989"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:38:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:38:04","slug":"one-step-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=5989","title":{"rendered":"One step ahead…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Cleaning up the cover and the matching casting with alcohol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With a light bead of red sealant on both sides of the cover gasket I’m ready to close it all up. Two guide pins in place to keep everything lined up.,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve numbered the 10 screws so that I can snug it all down evenly. Now I’ll just have to wait for 24 hours to give it a final torque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the meantime I decided to check the fit of the axles. I have a couple of used units for backup. OH NO! the axles won’t fit properly. They won’t go in enough to fit up against the thrust block and the bearings are half out of the housing! Major bummer:-(<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Something isn’t right within the TT unit. So off with the cover which destroyed the gasket and leaves a lot of gasket sealant to be removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is where the problem is. The axle shaft has to fit over two sets of splines. One on the spider gear and one on the differential side gear ring. Hard to see, but the two gears are slightly misaligned so the axle slips over the side gear ring, but can’t slip into the spider gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had to loosen all the TT unit cover bolts and then wiggle the axle to get the two splines to line up. I did this on both sides and then re-torqued the bolts to 40’#.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before replacing the TT unit I had to clear off the old gasket and sealant. I found that paint reducer on a scotch brite pad softened up the sealant and made it a lot easier to remove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With this done I replaced the TT unit in the differential housing. I then snugged up the carrier bearing caps and put axles in both ends before tightening them to 80’#.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The axles now slip in properly. The bearings are sitting inside the housing – the cup is showing outside only because I don’t want to seat it and then have to borrow a slide hammer to get the axles out again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A pain in the butt, but a whole lot less so that if I had discovered this problem when the unit was installed in the car. It would have been impossible to do on the car and I would have had to pull the unit out again to work with it on the saw horses. So definitely a silver lining in that cloud!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next: Still waiting on my Chevy seats!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cleaning up the cover and the matching casting with alcohol. With a light bead of red sealant on both sides of the cover gasket I’m ready to close it all up. Two guide pins in place to keep everything lined up., I’ve numbered the 10 screws so that I can snug it all down evenly. … <\/p>\n

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