RE: [Chevelle-List] Rear End shimming ????

[Tigergutt]

Dave,   When I but together axles I use "hammer" in as many shims as I can get in there, I have learned that the carrier should stay in place even without the bearing caps just with the preload on the shims. Ofcourse the backlash have to be right, I like to go on the tight side (if the manufacturer recommend from 3 to 8/1000 I will alway try to stay as near as possible to 3/1000) and rather drive them in really carefully.     Andr� -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dave Benjamin Sent: 27. juni 2002 15:16 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] Rear End shimming ???? Tom   I opened it up yesterday and checked it over. Goig through it I was riding on the heal so I checked the back lash . Good back lash is 3 to 8 thou. and I was at 15. I checked my end spacers on carrier and they were on the wrong sides. I switched them and it went to 8 to 9 but it still howls mainly when you are costing (not as load).    Is there suppose to be small shims on each side of the carrier main shims? I am running 3.70 gears in a 10 bolt It is the 4 spring style.   Dave Ingersoll,Ontario My web site:   http://members.tripod.com/benj30/ ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 11:58 PM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] Rear End shimming ???? Dave How bad is the howl in the rear and what gears are you running.  I have 4.10's in my 70 that are in dire need of replacing because the guy that set it up slapped it together for a drag car.  The gears howl so bad that I cannot hear myself think until the car reaches 70 mph and then it goes away.  It is not there under acceleration, only at constant speeds.  If they are howling that bad, chances are the gears are shot and reshimming them could make it worse as it did mine.  I tried repeatedly to reshim it and I even got it to where it should be and it made it much worse.  I went and got a new set of 3.73 gears, now it is just a matter of me putting them in. Tom 70 Chevelle SS