I took a Chrysler 8 3/4 out of a 1972 w100 truck and put it on my 91 power ram 150 in place of the 9 1/4 that I had burnt up.
I put all new seals in the 8 3/4 and replaced the bearings on the axle shafts.
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Today I got under the truck to grease the u-joints and I noticed a tiny amount of gear oil on the yoke, and it's not coming from the pinion seal, it's coming from behind the pinion nut.
What does this mean?
I torqued the pinion nut to 240 ft lbs when I put the yoke back on it after installing a new pinion seal, it's a 741 case with open 3.55 gears.