CV Joints

[George Selby]

At 11:09 AM 11/14/04, you wrote:
>   As to the ring and pinion, I don't want to swap the entire r/p, I just 
> want
>     to take the side gears out of the carrier, and stick them in the other
>     carrier.  At most, I would have to take the ring gear off the carrier to
>     get the cross pin out.  You can do this on the Ford 9" rear end in my
>     truck.  No re-set up should be required as I would be using all the same
>     parts in the same tranny except the side gears that attach the stubs.


This afternoon I took the spider and side gears out of the bad 
transmission's ring gear carrier.  They came out without removing the ring 
gear from the carrier.  There is only a plastic thrust washer in there 
other than the gears, so as long as I keep the four gears (2 side and 2 
spider inside the ring gear carrier) together as a set everything should be 
ok.  I was able to put the old transmission together easily, which leads me 
to believe I will be able to accomplish this swap effectively.

George Selby