So I’m up to the process of shimming the Diff, and I ran into a big problem. I heated the Bell Housing fine to get the stock shim out (it’s 0.5 btw). Ultimately, I wasted my time, as the next smallest shim I could even order from Ford was 0.1. It’s so flimsy, that I determined to just put the 0.5 shim back in (massive waste of time lol). In doing so, I heated the Bell Housing back up (almost 20 minutes of heat), had the race in freezer, and even blasted the race with an upside down compressed air can (-15F). The race dropped in about 3/4ths the way no problem, but wouldn’t budge. I was hitting on it with a seal driver as the manual says but it wasn’t budging. I gave up and pulled it back out with my slide hammer. Upon inspection, I realized that it wasn’t seated perfectly straight. I GOUGED THE SIDEWALL WITH THE RACE. You can catch your fingernail on the scratch. Pictures are below.
It is a horizontal scratch, so can I clean up my scratch, smooth it out and all is well with the world? Does it even matter? The shim is behind the race, and the axle seal is behind that. Will this leak fluid? I imagine that it would all be contained behind the axle seal. Do I need a new Bell Housing?
Any advice from experience is welcome!
It is a horizontal scratch, so can I clean up my scratch, smooth it out and all is well with the world? Does it even matter? The shim is behind the race, and the axle seal is behind that. Will this leak fluid? I imagine that it would all be contained behind the axle seal. Do I need a new Bell Housing?
Any advice from experience is welcome!
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