Gears-Brand & Install advise (installing this weekend)

[moosejaw]

You can use the impact on the pinion but it will run out of steam long before you are done. We use a 0-600 ft-lbf torque wrench with a doubler extension (came with the wrench) and I am working it pretty good. The problem is keeping the pinion still enough for the impact to work.

If you place all the driveshaft bolts back in the flange and you have a long thin steel bar then you can hook the thin bar up over the control arm and use your breaker bar to tighten. This may take a while but it is better than removing the pinion and doing it again.

Also when you jack the car let the rear suspensin hang down. Take off the wheels, remove the shocks ( watch the brake line!) at let it hang low for best access. We do these on a two post lift so we don't need to pull the shocks.

Do you have the new Gears? I looked at steeda's site and their pricing is inline with FRPP. That is the retail pricing from the catalog $189. That is what we charge. The gears should say something to i.d. them.


Mike