Randeez 2012 Budget Yukon Denali Build (stick on hood scoops galore)

[randeez]

Got dial indicator+arms, caliper (for measuring shims), I was going to order bearing puller and installer crap but I know plenty of people with shop presses I can run over and use- so I ordered a pair of "set up" bearings that are already honed out to slide on/off for setting up pinion shims. Inch-pound torque wrench I think my brother has mine. Larger bearing race and seal install kit, couple brass punches.

I think I got a good handle on how to set up the gears. I keep searching and watching everything I could and i think I was making it way more complicated than it really was.
I thought it was a constant shim setup. But I guess you set up the pinion depth by swipe pattern, check backlash is within spec***, then leave it alone. then adjust on the bearing caps for correct gear engagement .

No problem right

 

[pwtr02ss]

Got dial indicator+arms, caliper (for measuring shims), I was going to order bearing puller and installer crap but I know plenty of people with shop presses I can run over and use- so I ordered a pair of "set up" bearings that are already honed out to slide on/off for setting up pinion shims. Inch-pound torque wrench I think my brother has mine. Larger bearing race and seal install kit, couple brass punches.

I think I got a good handle on how to set up the gears. I keep searching and watching everything I could and i think I was making it way more complicated than it really was.
I thought it was a constant shim setup. But I guess you set up the pinion depth by swipe pattern then leave it alone, then adjust on the bearing caps.

No problem right

I'm confident you can get it done

 

[randeez]

Rest of the crap
And awesome job with the gasket

 

[Rocket Man]

Rest of the crap
And awesome job with the gasketView attachment 374584View attachment 374586

Oh yeah, just fold it in half no problem.

 

[randeez]

Oh yeah, just fold it in half no problem.

yup, itll flatten out when i put it in
* i have a lubelocker gasket in it now and i think i ordered another, one i have isnt leaking but i think i needed another 20bux for free shipping on something so i grabbed it

not sure why the thread locker(red liquid) is just chilling in the plastic bag either. going to grab some gear paint and some red loctite also. i prob have some around here but dunno how old it is

 

[randeez]

Couple tools, didnt go super cheap but I'll likely only use these a handful of times so didnt go crazy.

And went ahead and got the ring gear on the carrier...went on too easy the first time, pissed around and them remembered I had to line the bolts up lol was long day i was mostly just setting up to jump on it tomorrow and just kept going...they were just a hair off but I had to separate it and do it over. its just set on there and hammered down, need to clear my other work bench with vice to set up and torque and loctite bolts n stuff

 

[doc5339]

Are you changing the gearing in both diffs? What's the new gearing going to be?

 

[randeez]

Are you changing the gearing in both diffs? What's the new gearing going to be?

it already had 4.10s front/rear just putting in new set , changed a long time ago. the mechanism for the g80 is missing abunch of teeth in a few spots and im assuming they went throughout the ring and pinion and spider gears. jack up in the air, driveshaft out, theres a lot of resistance trying to turn the tires. so the locker is done and althought the gearset looks great i didnt want to go through all of this just to find out its crap too.


loctite and torqued the ring gear bolts, figured id try and throw the carrier bearings on also with a little heat instead of taking it to buddys shop. couple mins with heat gun on them and they fell halfway on and a couple taps with a hammer/cylinder and they went right down

 

[randeez]

 

[iamdub]

Got dial indicator+arms, caliper (for measuring shims), I was going to order bearing puller and installer crap but I know plenty of people with shop presses I can run over and use- so I ordered a pair of "set up" bearings that are already honed out to slide on/off for setting up pinion shims. Inch-pound torque wrench I think my brother has mine. Larger bearing race and seal install kit, couple brass punches.

I think I got a good handle on how to set up the gears. I keep searching and watching everything I could and i think I was making it way more complicated than it really was.
I thought it was a constant shim setup. But I guess you set up the pinion depth by swipe pattern, check backlash is within spec***, then leave it alone. then adjust on the bearing caps for correct gear engagement .

No problem right

If you don't get it right on the first 1-3 tries, then grab a chair and keep a log book. 18th times the charm. You won't beat off for a week afterwards.

 

[doc5339]

it already had 4.10s front/rear just putting in new set , changed a long time ago. the mechanism for the g80 is missing abunch of teeth in a few spots and im assuming they went throughout the ring and pinion and spider gears. jack up in the air, driveshaft out, theres a lot of resistance trying to turn the tires. so the locker is done and althought the gearset looks great i didnt want to go through all of this just to find out its crap too.


loctite and torqued the ring gear bolts, figured id try and throw the carrier bearings on also with a little heat instead of taking it to buddys shop. couple mins with heat gun on them and they fell halfway on and a couple taps with a hammer/cylinder and they went right down

Very nice, wish I had 4.10’s as well. Might help with the lack of low range 4WD.

 

[randeez]

If you don't get it right on the first 1-3 tries, then grab a chair and keep a log book. 18th times the charm. You won't beat off for a week afterwards.

i keep a log book on each time i beat off too, so that shouldnt be a problem

 

[Fless]

i keep a log book on each time i beat off too, so that shouldnt be a problem

Tree killer.

 

[randeez]

wheels off, axles out, diff drained, driveshaft out. fuggin c clips on the axles didnt want to come out (axles didnt want to push in far enough to clear the clip) finally got them both out. going to see thor in a few mins cleaned up and cleaned myself up. will pull the carrier and pinion when i get back if i feel like it

 

[randeez]

got everything out, set up, pinion with setup bearings in - the only shims that came with install put me over the oem shim amount (.030) closest i could get was .032 which didnt seem like alot, but after getting it all together the pattern shows the pinion to close.

the only shims it came with were like .0210, .0165, .0110, .0110 .0110 so im stuck at .032 or .0275ish which i think is a little too small. luckily amazon has a shim kit with 1day delivery so hopefully itll show up early enough i can get something done

the paint or whatever came with the install kit sucks ass, and not enough locktite imo for all the ring gear bolts i used very sparingly and still was scraping the thing on the last couple bolts

backlash was right on the edge of the low side(.005/.006ish spec is .006-.010), but moving the pinion away should loosen the backlash up so ill try those same shims with the new pinion shims before changing

 

[89Suburban]

fuggin c clips on the axles didnt want to come out

I always hear that horror story about the axles in these rigs.

 

[randeez]

I always hear that horror story about the axles in these rigs.

they wouldnt push in far enough to get the clips out... i also changed one of the axles when i first put this axle in and dont remember having as much of a prob. the other side i didnt change feels like the bearing is going out so i ordered one of those too

 

[swathdiver]

I always hear that horror story about the axles in these rigs.

Spent what seemed like 8 hours trying to get one out once. Put a c-clamp on the backing plate to the hub and cranked it down to get that extra thousandth of an inch to slip the c-clip back in.

 

[randeez]

Spent what seemed like 8 hours trying to get one out once. Put a c-clamp on the backing plate to the hub and cranked it down to get that extra thousandth of an inch to slip the c-clip back in.

geez, the truetrac is a little different not sure if itll help getting the clips back on.
no parts yet so kinda dead in the water over here, just cleaned up whatever gear oil spilled so im not having to lay in it when i get back to it.

 

[randeez]

f'd in the a

shims said 1day delivery..checked back on it and now not coming till thursday. i tried setting it up with the under-as-close-as-i-could-get shims but its showing on the pattern exactly as expected to far away now. so it wants to be right at that factory .030 shims. couldnt find any shims at local autoparts stores any sooner, there is a transmission parts house that i think may have them, going to try and call tomorrow and see if they do