O2s have never been changed that I know of. Old intake had a crack so replaced with a Dorman. Maybe Derek will ship me his for a reasonable price...

 

You could have carbon build up on the O2 preventing it from getting an accurate reading. Or, another cracked intake or compromised gasket.

 

Charlie, So the advantage is being able to tear into the diff again? I hope I don't have to lol What intake gaskets did you use?

 

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to do the eliminator correctly you still have to do the install with a crush sleeve. This will give you the proper stack height for the eliminator.

 

Yeah. But i was thinking I could mic out the old sleeve and get it pretty close on the first try. Worst case is the new bearings are a lil thicker or thinner & I'll have to add/remove a shim.

 

Nope. The best thing to do is get the gears installed correctly with right gear patterns. Use a crush sleeve to make sure you get the proper torque and preload on the pinion bearings. Once you get that far, just pull the yoke, and bearing and measure what size eliminator you need. You'd be surprised at how much .001" can throw out the correct preload and destroy a rear end.

 

Everyone in here should be able to relate to this.

 

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