07 Tahoe rear diff

[oldDirte]

The drive side is pretty close, low heel contact, the coast side is spot on. Check the backlash, should be between .003" and .005".

backlash was .006"

 

[swathdiver]

Well, it's your call. You can shim the pinion a hair closer or leave it as is.

 

[oldDirte]

Well, it's your call. You can shim the pinion a hair closer or leave it as is.

yeah I'm on the fence. smallest shim I have is .010" which I think would be too much. also don't wanna keep paying to get bearing pressed on/off while guessing.

 

[swathdiver]

Close it up and drive it while being attentive to how she sounds, maybe even drop the cover after a hundred miles or so and see how it's meshing.