Hi Tony
Sorry if my story seemed a bit cryptic.
The picture shows the old pinion assembly that I discarded. As you can see, the bearings had completely collapsed and the pinion and crown wheel were in a very bad state.
The torque tube assembly and crown wheel I used seemed in good shape. However, I was unable to dismantle the torque tube to inspect the bearings and so decided to try it as is. I hope to replace all bearings in the diff and torque tube and set things up again, hopefully with expert advice.
Graham
Tony
Just to answer your question more clearly, the replacement "new" pinion was in the torque tube. This assembly I could not disassemble to inspect the bearings and so used as is. Both the pinion and crown wheel had matching numbers and showed little wear.
Cheers
Graham
Sorry if my story seemed a bit cryptic.
The picture shows the old pinion assembly that I discarded. As you can see, the bearings had completely collapsed and the pinion and crown wheel were in a very bad state.
The torque tube assembly and crown wheel I used seemed in good shape. However, I was unable to dismantle the torque tube to inspect the bearings and so decided to try it as is. I hope to replace all bearings in the diff and torque tube and set things up again, hopefully with expert advice.
Graham
Tony
Just to answer your question more clearly, the replacement "new" pinion was in the torque tube. This assembly I could not disassemble to inspect the bearings and so used as is. Both the pinion and crown wheel had matching numbers and showed little wear.
Cheers
Graham
Slowly rebuilding a '34 RP