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