well today i got the reasembly started and at the end of this day i have one third member ready to go in the rear axle, the army did not shim their pinion but mine is shimed and my axle should be less noisy then one that hasn't been shimed, i also got some tire for the project, i wil have to try them on my bud rim as they seem a bit wide, they are 325/85R16, 38 incher!!!
any how here are the pics of the day, enjoy!
my new to me war tires
they are still in good shape
this is the patern i ended up with with the axle setted the way the army instruction said to set the gears up, i found that the pinion was a bit far from the crown
so i shimed the pinion bering 0.030,i used some shim i had left from a maser install kit from a rubi dana 44 and a dana 35 or 30, i put them here
and here
and i ended up with a more centered patern, its not perfect but much better
and now i have a ready to install third member with improved gear partern
