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8 3/4

Posted By: pjc360

8 3/4 - 10/18/15 01:59 AM

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.
Posted By: RapidRobert

Re: 8 3/4 - 10/18/15 02:33 AM

Could the oil be wicking out in the pinion splines. Wait for Kunkel & others that are familiar with this
Posted By: pjc360

Re: 8 3/4 - 10/18/15 03:04 AM

Originally Posted By RapidRobert
Could the oil be wicking out in the pinion splines. Wait for Kunkel & others that are familiar with this


That could be very possible, it's not the stock yoke, I upgraded to a 1350 series cv shaft on the truck, so I'm running an aftermarket 1350 series yoke on the 8 3/4.
It is a very small amount of oil, at first I thought it was some grease that had gotten warm and melted, but when I smelled it I knew it was gear oil.
I also have it a little over filled because I had to rotate the axle up using some Steele shims to point the pinion up towards the t-case since I'm running the cv shaft.
Posted By: TJP

Re: 8 3/4 - 10/18/15 03:40 AM

Originally Posted By RapidRobert
Could the oil be wicking out in the pinion splines. Wait for Kunkel & others that are familiar with this


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