00:00 The very first thing that our setup technicians and our setup department does when we get
00:10 a housing back from the welding department is we inspect, ensure that all the tubes are
00:14 welded all the way around 360 degrees to the housing, proper housing ends are welded on
00:19 for the brake application, spring pad mounts are in the proper location for whichever chassis
00:25 location you have, housing end width and pinion offset for whichever type of car.
00:31 What we do first thing is always inspect every component that goes into an assembly.
00:35 We stone the backside of the ringer with an 80 grit sharpening stone to ensure we knock
00:40 down any high spots or burrs or nicks.
00:43 We then take the pinion gear with a sanding disc, 120 grit on a die grinder and we knock
00:50 the corner off of the gear.
01:04 Now doing this helps soften the corner and ensures longevity and the quietest gear assembly
01:11 possible.
01:12 Now I'm going to set the pinion preload.
01:15 Take pinion gear with your rear pinion bearing already pressed on and predetermined shims.
01:22 Slip those on, slide the pinion into the case.
01:29 Now slip on the front pinion bearing, the yoke, pinion washer and the pinion nut.
01:45 We use an impact gun to tighten our pinion nuts.
01:49 Pinion nut torque on a Dana 60 averages around 250 to 300 foot pounds of torque.
01:57 So what I'll do is just hammer on this until the pinion nut will not turn and set my preload.
02:11 Now after you tighten the pinion nut, I want to check the pinion preload or the rotating
02:16 torque between the two bearings.
02:18 I'm going to use an inch pound torque wrench and rotate it smoothly.
02:25 I'm at 25 to 30 inch pounds of rotational torque or drag.
02:31 Once more I'll remove the assembly, the pinion assembly and install the pinion seal and red
02:37 lock tight the nut and that will be the final pinion assembly.
02:44 One thing we do at Strange Engineering is there's a spring inside the seal that retains
02:49 tension around your yoke.
02:52 The spring could always get tightened a little bit more to add a little bit extra sealing
02:57 pressure.
03:00 Even though we use a Spicer OEM pinion nut that is made as a locking nut, we still ensure
03:07 that the pinion nut stays on by adding some red thread locker.
03:10 Apply a little bit on the pinion thread and a little bit on the pinion nut.
03:18 Now I'm ready to install the center.
03:22 I'm going to roll this down, remove the main caps.
03:36 What I'm doing now is I'm adjusting the adjustment hooks, turning those all the way out so I
03:39 can clear for the main carrier and the carrier bearings and everything that fits.
03:46 The bearings and the ring gear have already been pressed onto the carrier, the Posi unit,
03:52 and the ring gear is torqued down.
03:54 Now I'm installing it.
03:57 You have to be careful installing this because you could easily put the teeth into a bind
04:05 and then cause a bird to kick up.
04:07 When you rotate it, you'll have an annoying clicking sound.
04:11 Now what I'm going to do is I'm going to adjust the adjustment nuts back out to achieve my
04:17 proper backlash and preload.
04:22 Now what I do is I'll install the main caps back on, but I'll leave them loose.
04:28 I will use a strange engineering adjustment wrench.
04:40 Now when checking backlash, you always want to make sure your main caps are torqued down.
04:49 This ensures that your whole carrier assembly is actually sitting flush in the saddle where
04:54 it needs to be.
04:56 If you check it with the main caps loose, when you go to tighten your main caps, your
05:00 backlash will close up.
05:02 Now I'm going to torque the main caps down to 90 foot-pounds.
05:14 After it's torqued down, you want to rotate the gear assembly to ensure the bearings are
05:21 seated.
05:25 Now I'm going to set a dial indicator on the housing and then check the backlash between
05:30 the teeth.
05:31 What you want to do is you want to rotate the ring gear to the indicator needle.
05:38 Zero it out and just rock the gear back and forth.
05:48 This is set at 9,000.
05:50 It's within the range.
05:52 It's a good backlash setting.
05:55 The gear marking compound, all this is a grease-based paint.
06:00 You paint four teeth, front and back.
06:03 You don't have to be a Picasso.
06:04 You can just get it on there.
06:06 All right, now spinning it by the pinion with an air drill.
06:09 I'm listening for any kind of gear noise, any kind of whining or howling.
06:19 And also I'm running in the pattern.
06:21 Now rotate it around and inspect the gear pattern.
06:27 On a Spicer gear, what you're looking for in a street application is the coast and the
06:31 drive side are going to overlap almost on top of each other.
06:35 So if you look at the drive side here, it's centered.
06:39 And rotate to the coast side and that's centered too.
06:43 So this is the perfect setup for this gear set.
06:45 All right, the lock tabs just go in place and just tighten them down fairly tight by
06:52 hand.
06:53 And that's all set.
06:56 Now I'm going to place the cover on.
06:57 Now what we're using here is our Strange S60 cover.
07:01 It's cast aluminum.
07:03 Now you can use a gasket with this cover and also use a bead of silicone with the gasket
07:11 to ensure a leak-proof housing.
07:14 If you're installing a plain steel cover or a chrome cover, it's a must to have silicone
07:20 and a gasket.
07:21 Now what I'm going to do is just zip all the bolts down and torque these bolts to 35 foot
07:36 pounds.
07:39 And you still want to go in a star pattern to ensure even torque and reduce the chances
07:47 of warping the flange.
07:51 Now we're ready to install the axles.
07:53 For this particular application going into a Mopar, there's two different length axles.
07:58 There's a long and a short.
07:59 The short side for a Mopar application goes on the passenger side or the right-hand side
08:05 of the car.
08:08 Slide the axle in.
08:09 You have to play with it a little bit to find the splines.
08:14 Slips right in.
08:15 Seat it down.
08:16 We're going to use a retainer plate to hold these axles in so there's no C-clip.
08:23 Install T-bolts.
08:24 They just slip right into the housing end.
08:31 Slip the retainer plate over the axle.
08:34 We're going to install the 3/8 jet nuts and just tighten the nuts down.
08:47 You getting all this?
08:52 All this?
08:53 And that's it.
09:03 This is fully assembled without brakes.
09:05 This is how it will exactly shift from the factory to your door.
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