Dana 30 gear noise

Oh man, I don't know what to tell you. A howler can disintegrate fast,
real fast.

You can drive it without axles as long as the stubs are in there to hold
the wheel bearings together. Just pop the outer u-joints. If you have
CV's, well....

Maybe rent a two wheel dolly and bring it in that way?

As for the used crush sleeve, you need a new one for a new yoke unless
you are really lucky. The old sleeve could be compressed too much
already like Bill was alluding to.

Mike

Peter Pontbriand wrote:
>
> It's about fifteen miles to the city, would I be doing serious harm to the
> gears driving it there like it is now? Would removing the front drive shaft
> be necessary? Would driving without a front drive shaft harm the viscous
> coupling in the transfer case (NP249)?
>
> /Peter
>
> "Mike Romain" > wrote in message
> ...
> > His nut is still turning so I wouldn't suspect a bottom yet.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > "L.W.(ßill) Hughes III" wrote:
> > >
> > > Imagine the yoke to be a different length, shorter and nut bottoms
> > > out: http://www.billhughes.com/dana30/
> > > God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> > > http://www.billhughes.com/
> > >
> > > 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