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Old December 1st 04, 02:45 AM
Paul Hovnanian P.E.
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Default '79 FJ40 Rear Differential rebuild

I may be needing one soon. The pinion bearing had some play in it.

What's a reasonable price for a rebuild? I can pull the differential
carrier and bring it to the shop myself (saving the axle-pulling labor
charges).

What are the best shops in the Seattle area to have this done?

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Old December 1st 04, 04:08 AM
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"Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote:
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> I may be needing one soon. The pinion bearing had some play in it.


You could try tighting up the nut on the pinion flange. Unstake the nut, set a
torque wrench to about 90 ft.lbs. and see if it'll snug up at all. Often that
is all that is needed to take up the slack. I did it a few times on my old 3rd
member in my 4Runner.

Otherwise figure about $200 labor on the rebuild, parts will vary demending on
what's damaged. Might be more cost effective to pick up a used 3rd from a
junkyard.

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Old December 2nd 04, 07:45 PM
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$200.00?

Back yard mechanics aren't doing them that cheap anymore!

Lots of liability and chance associated with doing a third member, and
letting someone else install it.

Refinish King


"Roger Brown" > wrote in message
...
> "Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote:
>>
>> I may be needing one soon. The pinion bearing had some play in it.

>
> You could try tighting up the nut on the pinion flange. Unstake the nut,
> set a
> torque wrench to about 90 ft.lbs. and see if it'll snug up at all. Often
> that
> is all that is needed to take up the slack. I did it a few times on my
> old 3rd
> member in my 4Runner.
>
> Otherwise figure about $200 labor on the rebuild, parts will vary
> demending on
> what's damaged. Might be more cost effective to pick up a used 3rd from a
> junkyard.
>
> --
> Roger



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Old December 4th 04, 02:56 AM
Paul Hovnanian P.E.
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Roger Brown wrote:
>
> "Paul Hovnanian P.E." wrote:
> >
> > I may be needing one soon. The pinion bearing had some play in it.

>
> You could try tighting up the nut on the pinion flange. Unstake the nut, set a
> torque wrench to about 90 ft.lbs. and see if it'll snug up at all. Often that
> is all that is needed to take up the slack. I did it a few times on my old 3rd
> member in my 4Runner.


Thanks. There was indeed some slack in the nut. If the bearings are
shot, it'll just loosten up again in a month or two, but it seems fine
now.

> Otherwise figure about $200 labor on the rebuild, parts will vary demending on
> what's damaged. Might be more cost effective to pick up a used 3rd from a
> junkyard.
>
> --
> Roger


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