Any good differential rebuilding books??

[preith]

Looking for some good literature on rebuilding differentials, particularly the Nissan stuff of course.

[JMortensen]

Are you changing the ring and pinion or just the bearings? Bearings are pretty easy since you shouldn't need to mess with the pinion depth or preload or backlash. Should be able to reuse all the old shims with your new bearings. If you're changing the gears then it's a bit more complicated. To answer your question the FSM is good. Also you can look at some generic R&P setup instructions here: http://www.ringpinion.com/downloads/yukoninstman.pdf The info on patterns is good in that little pamphlet, also gives a good basic idea of what you're doing if you aren't very familiar.

 

IIRC the FSM sets up pinion depth using a pinion depth gauge, the pamphlet tells you how to set it with the pattern. When I worked for Randy's R&P the shop set every R&P by the pattern and never used a depth gauge. Both are valid methods, but you will find some people who will only do one or the other.

[preith]

Thanks sooo much for the link John, this helps tremendously. I've watched over guy's shoulders, but no hands on experience. I'm changing bearings, but not gears. Although, I may have to swap out the carrier if that matters. The diff overheated pretty good, and I have a bad feeling the Quaife is toast. The pinion bearing was a bit tight before I put it in the car, which I beleive led to the the problems. I was concerned about this, but put in the car anyways, stupid me. At any rate, if the Quaife is bad, I'm seriously thinking about swaping it out with welded unit because I can't afford another one right now....

 

EDIT: would you happen to have the specs like on the last page? Pinion bearing preload, torque settings, etc.