| |
Click on image for the lowdown. 
====
| | | Forums66 Topics128,147 Posts1,056,801 Members48,454 | | Most Online14,466
Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
Lots of work on Brad's part ... pure enjoyment (and references) for you!
| | THANKS!
For helping keep this great
old truck web site
on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down
with Ads!  Again, thanks!
| | | | Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 565 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 565 | Does the carrier have to be removed to replace the seal, or can it be accomplished from the exterior of the housing after removing the u joint?
Thanks
"Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just leave me alone, you're starting to freak me out."
1957 GMC 150
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 2,481 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 2,481 | Cutaway drawing makes it look like it can be removed from the outside.
'57 GMC 102, Original 347 V8, HydraMatic, 3.08 rear gear, added A/C, disk front brakes, HEI, AFB carb, '98 Honda Black Currant paint. T-boned and totaled 10/12
'52 GMC 152 Stake Bed, Original 228, SM420, added A/C, HEI, disk front brakes, '67 Chev 3.55 rear gear. Gets used as a real truck.
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 197 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 197 | I replace my dana 44 seal. Just pull the yoke. Do not use an impact driver. Buy a new yoke nut SPICER 30271 . You will need a 250 ft. lb. Torque Wrench.
Torque is 200-220 ft.lb.
Last edited by jimgmc; 07/24/2023 11:49 PM.
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,846 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,846 | If you want to do it right, get a new crush sleeve that goes between the bearings and set the pinion bearing preload torque to the right specification by tightening the pinion nut a little at a time and checking the rotation torque with an inch-pound wrench. I believe the specification for used bearings is around 20 inch pounds. Remove the drive axles for the best torque check.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 197 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 197 | If you want to do it right, get a new crush sleeve that goes between the bearings and set the pinion bearing preload torque to the right specification by tightening the pinion nut a little at a time and checking the rotation torque with an inch-pound wrench. I believe the specification for used bearings is around 20 inch pounds. Remove the drive axles for the best torque check.
Jerry The Dana 44 and 60 use shims. Spec | | |
|
|
| |
