Questions about the rear-rear axle

[Brian Sisson]

(I called it that so you northerners would know what I was talking about)

How much slack do you have in it? If I put mine in neutral and crawl underneath and turn the driveshaft I get about 1/8th of a turn out of it before it tightens up.
The front-rear gives me about 1/10th of a turn.
Is this normal?
I have a locker in the rear, and when I installed it the ring and pinion looked fine and had no wear patterns I could see.
Seems like alot of slack to me.

Also, on a related note- when I'm cruising at 55 or so sometimes I get a whine out of my axle. Not really loud, but noticeable. All 3 of my 715's have had that and I assumed it was just part of their set-up. Do you guys get it?

I'm just getting paranoid as the big drive is coming up.

Thanks,
-B.

[Nuke_GreenMachine]

If you put the Detroit No-slip or a Detroit locker in, the freeplay is normal. The whine I think you will find is in the transfer case and not in the rear axle, or rear-rear axle to some. :P Glen

[LuckyPabst]

Big drive my foot. It's a cake walk for you man. I'm moving farther and farther from making the comittment to make the FE, by the way.

Chris

[Brian Sisson]

Chris,

Rehab is full of guys like you.

Quitters.

You make me sick with your selfish unattendance of our gathering.

-B.

[hkellerjr]

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I'm just getting paranoid as the big drive is coming up.

What type of extra parts do you recommended taking on long trips?

[Brian Sisson]

You prolly need to start this as a new thread in the OPEN board....just to keep things organized. Alot of guys will want to discuss this and thus it was a good topic to bring up.

Start the new thread NOW!!!!

-B.