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TR2/3/3A Sluge in Differential

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sp53 said:
Glad it worked out. What I was trying to convey when I said things need to go back exactly the way they came apart was that I was taught even cotter key should go back in the same hole and the number of turns on the nut that it came apart should also be redone. I guess the thinking was when replacing the seal the rear end would not have been messed with before and the shim positioning is stock and correct so that there would be that very slight drag on the bearing with like zero slop. I hope this made sense.
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Makes sense to me. But, I've seen and heard enough times of things like the nut being only finger tight that I always install by torque.

The only exception would be later TR6 and Stag diffs that use a collapsible spacer instead of shims. They really aren't supposed to be disassembled without replacing the spacer, but sometimes you can get away with just putting the nut back where it was.
 
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