Well we had to take our laptop in for repair a while back for a loose hinge and they said they would need to replace it as it was not worth fixing. It was only a year old. What a throw away society we live in, its sad. Anyway its nice to be back on the board.(my wife's tablet just didn't cut it for me) OK, Ok, the truck stuff I know. Up date on my 9" rebuild. After very close inspection of the R&P wear patterns and digesting all of the information contained in all the great posts from you all, I decided that a new gear set and ratio was the smartest way to go. Now I had to explain to my wonderful wife why I needed this added expense. Well she wasn't exactly thrilled but after I explained that every part minus axle shafts was already bought and ready to go she ,well she didn't say no so, LOL. OH and more good news in my garage, I pulled the baby moons off my rear wheel and lo and behold the rims are drilled for both 5 on 5 and 5 on 5 1/2, so I can reuse them, as long as the backspacing is compatible. Cool huh. Plus I just took delivery of a wrench for setting the pre-load, which adds to the press and a few other tools Ive needed for this job. IM having fun out here thanks to all of you. "EDIT" The ratio I chose is 3.25. And the wrench is US made with German parts, which is always a big plus not to see made in China (like the press).

 

Glad you're back at it. Missed your positive comments.

 

Jim, Good luck with rear end build. I have never done one.


p.s. Like the new tools.

 

Me either, but that's what makes it fun. At least when you have folks like the ones here on FTE to help.
By the time I'm done it will probably cost as much as a brand new one. But I don't learn anything that way, at least that's how I justify it. LOL And the tools, heck I got the press for less than it would have cost me for someone to do the pressing for me. Granted it's only a HF 12 ton, but for $100 after sale and coupons, you can't go wrong( for beginner home useanyway). Same for the seal installer set. But I was very happy to find the torque wrench was made in USA.

 

Too bad about the computer (laptop?) . My son replaced the hinge on my Dell in a few minutes.

You can never have enough tools.

 

Good luck with the gear swap Jimmy, it's a little tedious at first but you appear to be a fastidious guy and should come through with flying colors. Now to that torque wrench, I am in the market for a new one and yours catches my interest. It appears to be rather short, is it an "inch pounds" or a "foot pounds" scale?


EDIT: found these CDI units on the interweb...looks like you got the one you need in inch pounds. I will be interested to hear about how it works for you.