1/8 of a turn is a significant amount.

Are you using an old crush sleeve????????????

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's



Peter Pontbriand wrote:
>
> If the yokes differed in the thickness of the splined part, how would that
> affect things? Would using a new crush sleeve solve such a problme?
>
> The pinion nut only turned 1/8 to 1/4 of a turn when going from 160 to 250+
> ft-lbs, I don't know if that is significant.
>
> /Peter
>
> "L.W. (ßill) Hughes III" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Be sure and tell them you switched yokes, I believe that's your
> > problem, because it should slid right in against the bearing like the
> > old one.
> > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > http://www.billhughes.com/
> >
> > Peter Pontbriand wrote:
> > >
> > > Well, I did both, I tightened the pinion nut a bit beyond 250 using a
> > > breaker bar, then put it all back together hoping the preload was
> enough. It
> > > wasn't. Still lots of howling when coasting and now it howls when
> driving at
> > > highway speeds too.
> > >
> > > Since I've wasted enough of my time crawling around on the floor of a
> > > superheated garage with no hoist and inadequate tools, I'm going to hand
> > > this off to a pro, assuming I can find one. Haven't had any luck so far,
> > > they keep telling me they don't have torque wrenches that go beyond 250
> > > ft-lbs either.
> > >
> > > /Peter