I am in the process of replacing all bearings in my SMD rear end. The way I read the manual, it says to remove all end play without binding for the carrier bearings. I used an indicator and have a side to side endplay reading of .001 and no drag. Next I installed the pinion gear shaft with the original shim pack and proceeded to set the backlash to .008 to .012 by moving the carrier bearing shims to one side or the other and ended up with .010 to .012 measured across 4 spots on the ring gear.
My question/concern is, why does the drag on the ring gear increase when I finish tightening up the pinion housing if I have endplay of .001 and backlash between the pinion and ring gear of .010 to .012?
I've never done this before, so it is all new to me, but seems straight forward.
Thanks,
Dan
My question/concern is, why does the drag on the ring gear increase when I finish tightening up the pinion housing if I have endplay of .001 and backlash between the pinion and ring gear of .010 to .012?
I've never done this before, so it is all new to me, but seems straight forward.
Thanks,
Dan