someone told me that you need a torque wrench that goes up to 250 ft lbs for the initial tightening,then you use your inch lb torque wrench on the pinion nut, freewheeling it to fine tune with shims. can anyone running the solid spacer shed some light.Im thinking of switching over from the crush sleeve.plus I just purchased the ratech pinion depth setting tool.
ratech, solid spacer pinion shim setup
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USAF91GT
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When I did mine I know that I used one of the 2 torque wrenches I have. If memory serves, the initial tightening was around 60 fl. lbs. IT did come with decent instructions (from 5.0Resto) but I know it was no where near 250 ft. lbs.
MadDAWG_zr2
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You don't need the torque with the spacer/shim kit becuase you don't have a crush sleeve. Getting a crush sleeve to start crushing takes a bunch. We actualy lifted an F150 off the jack stands doing it. (Three guys and a real long pipe lol)
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