The New “What did you do with your Z today” (with off topic replies) XXXIV

jchammond

The backlash was ck’d on the oem unit & was .004”
This was after draining fluid from diff, standing upright (pinion down) & removing rear cover...stub shafts still in place.
After re-assembling & dropping unit back in housing (new side bearings & thrust washers on same sides as they were removed from) & reading was .006” (this is with no oil coating on gears yet & stub’s not popped back in place).
Prior to putting new unit in, mike’d the thrust washers & ring gear side was a hair thinner than other side.
Removed bearing caps & raised unit up, then swapped sides of washers.
Backlash reading was .005” (pattern looked the same & this should snug up a tad after the 75/140 moves around in there).
The ring gear bolts are an odd size (m13x1.25)
Removing all loctite & cleaning up everything was a bit tedious, but got it right...after seating gear to unit; torqued to the initial ft.lb & then turned additional 35* while testing with torque wrench.
Was hitting the mark at 110ft.lbs.
Threads received high strength thread locker only (no oil )
Had adequate tools to hold Wavetrac unit steady, while Madwi was hitting the final torque w/wrench (2-man job without clamping down Wavetrac)
Unit is built with 2 flats on each side, underneath side bearings (52mmx14mm) so holding steady with appropriate tools helped,,,but still took some umph to hit the mark with every ring gear bolt (criss-cross pattern)
PS: ring gear bolts were cleaned well, using anti-corrosion oil

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jchammond

This damp cold day has got my old BoneZ aching a bit

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eastwest2300

man, its no joke, today was cold as heck man.

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eastwest2300

driving the Z down to Miami is looking like late November.. depending if the govt. shuts down or not.

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jchammond

Didn’t that happen last year dude

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eastwest2300

yes, 40 plus days... was a little painful..

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Ghostvette

Why would the government shut down?


Someone planning a coup?

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JLarson

Because they won't agree on funding, again.

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Ghostvette

I think it's time to toss all 500+ of the idiots out and start over, this time with term limits...

I'm about ready to move out of the country, but I need someplace that doesn't freeze and doesn't have an extradition treaty with the US.....


Oh.... and lets me keep my toys....

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Zingston

Sounds like you need a yacht that you can anchor 12 nautical miles offshore. Not sure if you'll want to keep your Z though...

JLarson

There is definitely a certain appeal to that. Drawbacks too, depending. I did a bit of reading on it a while back, and it turns out that our legal system is complex enough you need years to understand how to actually write a bill and pass it without huge unforeseen consequences. And while I'm mostly ok with our government failing to pass new bills, there are occasions where its possible it could be necessary.

That's a vast oversimplification but it took me from "WE NEED TERM LIMITS NOW!!" back to "OUR POLITICIANS ARE DOUCHEBAGS!!'

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eastwest2300

because the person in washington, dc could do it just because..

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Ghostvette

And who might that be?

Seven Days in May comes to mind.....

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eastwest2300

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jchammond

Gonna see if these past couple 9+ hour sleep nights were a fluke or not
Bout to lay down & shoot for at least 7-8

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