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GaWag
03-08-2003, 11:23 PM
Do you really need a new install kit if all you're going to do is swap a limited slip for a spool? Or since you're not swapping the pinion gear could you get away with doing it yourself?

Steve
Crazy_Jeepman
03-08-2003, 11:47 PM
You do not need the install kit. Unless you find issues with bearings or find you need shims. AMC 20 or D44?
GaWag
03-08-2003, 11:56 PM
D44 out of an 88. So it should be pretty straight up then? Cool. Thanks Pete.

Steve
Crazy_Jeepman
03-09-2003, 12:08 AM
I assume you are not changing the ratio so I would leave the pinion in place. I use marking compound to mark how the gears are set up prior to removing, then when you install the Spool shim it to match where the R&P ran before. Good Luck
Stuka
03-09-2003, 05:11 AM
put themin using the shims on it, and see if the patern is ok. If not you will need too re-shim, as every housing is slightly different.
porchpiggy
03-09-2003, 05:17 AM
Are you talking a full spool or a mini spool, that just replaces the spider gears??? If it's a mini you should just put everything back like it came out, if the bearings and everything looks okay.

Never mind, I see it was a LS, so it's not going to be a mini. PP

[ March 09, 2003, 12:20 PM: Message edited by: porchpiggy ]