Re: What tools do I need to set up a dana?
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Do yourself a favor and go on u-tube and watch the jantz engineering videos on gear setup, best and fastest I have ever seen. Buy or make setup bearings, jantz has a video for that too. East coast gear has decent price on setup bearings, they are worth buying or making. Carl Jantz sells the setup bearings
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Re: What tools do I need to set up a dana?
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[quote=dvw]After doing mine today here is what I found. First if someone would do the job correctly for $200 or less it's a bargin. Let me state I'm no Dana expert. But I have worked for over 35 years as a mechanic. Polishing the pinion at the front bearing location was the best 5 minutes spent. Adding (or removing) pinion shim and preload shim of the same thickness is pretty much linear to mantain preload. Adding .005 to one side and removing .005" from the other moves backlash .005". Have your shims laid out and marked so you're not digging through them each time you make a change. Measure your shim pack (don't let me tell you how many preload shims I swapped because I grabbed a .005 instead of a .015"), write it down as you go. The pinion depth tool isnt very accurate. 2nd time I've wasted time using it. Still had to move the pinion shim from .033" to .041". I have a hoist so that makes it nice. I do my own stuff because it's fun, I know what my true numbers are, and I'm cheap. Doug
I like cheap. If I couldn’t do my own stuff I couldn’t or wouldn’t race. I get to teach myself how to do a Ford nine inch shortly as I need a higher gear for the heads up car. I will be saving the Dana info as sooner or later I’ll be doing one of those too.
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Re: What tools do I need to set up a dana?
[Re: astjp2]
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12/08/18 10:49 PM
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fourgearsavoy
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I always de-burr all my shims and mark them with a Sharpe after I measure them. I use a sharpening stone to de-burr the ring and pinion gears and spool. As Doug said keep all your bearings and gears together if you are changing gears. To me its worth it to just buy another spool and keep the side bearings with the gears and old spool together. There is a lot of us that do this without a spreader but I always wonder how much easier it would be with a spreader especially with a 40 pound Power-Lock unit instead of a 15 pound spool Gus
64 Plymouth Savoy 493 Indy EZ's by Nick at Compu-Flow 5-Speed Richmond faceplate Liberty box Dana 60
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Re: What tools do I need to set up a dana?
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12/09/18 12:54 AM
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[quote=dvw]After doing mine today here is what I found. First if someone would do the job correctly for $200 or less it's a bargin. Let me state I'm no Dana expert. But I have worked for over 35 years as a mechanic. Polishing the pinion at the front bearing location was the best 5 minutes spent. Adding (or removing) pinion shim and preload shim of the same thickness is pretty much linear to mantain preload. Adding .005 to one side and removing .005" from the other moves backlash .005". Have your shims laid out and marked so you're not digging through them each time you make a change. Measure your shim pack (don't let me tell you how many preload shims I swapped because I grabbed a .005 instead of a .015"), write it down as you go. The pinion depth tool isnt very accurate. 2nd time I've wasted time using it. Still had to move the pinion shim from .033" to .041". I have a hoist so that makes it nice. I do my own stuff because it's fun, I know what my true numbers are, and I'm cheap. Doug
I like cheap. If I couldn’t do my own stuff I couldn’t or wouldn’t race. I get to teach myself how to do a Ford nine inch shortly as I need a higher gear for the heads up car. I will be saving the Dana info as sooner or later I’ll be doing one of those too. You will have no problems with a 9", they are simple to set up. After doing danas I look forward to doing a 9, it is like going on vacation.
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Re: What tools do I need to set up a dana?
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12/09/18 01:28 AM
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fourgearsavoy
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You will have no problems with a 9", they are simple to set up. After doing danas I look forward to doing a 9, it is like going on vacation. Setting up a 9 is almost fun compared to a Dana I only charge $100 to set up a 9 because I can have them ready in about an hour and a half. Gus
64 Plymouth Savoy 493 Indy EZ's by Nick at Compu-Flow 5-Speed Richmond faceplate Liberty box Dana 60
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