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I have seen lots of axle splines worn so that there is excess play.
I just use 'em until they break! (always at the other end)
 
Barry, Dykem dries. Prussian Blue remains a paste, so you can visually see the "squish" between the mating gears. Dykem will only show point contact.

Jeff
 
continueing...i pulled it apart again to adjust the shims-broke a bearing doing that..ground out the old bearings with an air grinder. Made them a slip fit and used them to check my shims. The carrier was moved over toward the pinion .005 that gave me about .007 backlash from the .013 that i had.. waiting on some prussian blue, to see what the contact patch looks like. i tried it with some grease, but it is hard to read, makes it look like there is 100% total contact between them.

mark
 
Mark, the grease was only meant as a quick and dirty check, sometimes it doesn’t work, as you have found out first hand.
 
Glad your back Chris! How was Spain?

mark
 
Good thanks, glad to be back and through customs /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
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