Roy Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Working on reassembling the rear axle and differential on my 3212V. From the service manuals it appears someone has installed a later model differential gear (the one that keys to the axle) which has a raised boss/shoulder on it that the original gear does not. This shows up as looking like the axle is too short on the RH side. e.g. Not enough room for the set collar. The axle needs to move to the right about 3/16" to be flush with the set collar on the outboard side. If I knew the width of the original gear I could turn/mill the gear to the correct width. Part number is 164219 for the original gear. Also would like to know the thickness of the washers on each side of the gear. Their part numbers are 14035 and 154277. Will appreciate any help that can be provided. Thanks,
HubbardRA Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Roy, Loosen the collar on the left side of the tranny and push the needed amount thru to the right hub. Position and tighten the collar on the right end of the axle, then push any remaining clearance back to the left side and re-tighten the collar on the left side of the tranny. If the gear has the built in boss on it, then there should only be one shim washer behind the gear and one between that gear and the right side gear/hub. These should be very thin washers, just to help with friction, not needed for spacing.
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