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I’m pretty sure there’s s reason to use the specialty tool to install that reluctor as I don’t believe it’s supposed to seat against whatever flange you drove it up against. It sets the depth for a reason. I can send the Kent-Moore tool for seating the reluctor via USPS 2-day Express flat rate for about $10
Nice. Kind offer @Rocket Man.
I’m not sure what dimensions you want. I don’t have a caliper big enough. From the outside of the small diameter to the shoulder of the second diameter is approximately 1 15/32” and the shoulder of the second diameter to the shoulder of the center one is approximately 1 23/32”. That would be from either the left or right as you look at the picture, the tool seems to be a mirror image on either side of the middle.
Nothing at 47 mm. The first is 37 mm, then at 43 mm from that one. Like I said, alldatadiy states to use the tool to set the reluctor at the correct depth. My thinking is that if it sat against a shoulder there would be no need for the specialty tool, they would just say to set it in until it stops which is what they say to do for the bearing by using a standard bearing set. There’s no specialty tool for the bearing. I believe the reluctor needs space behind it in order to operate correctly so the center part of it can grab the axle as it’s slid in but still have the outside of the reluctor grab the axle tube. But it can’t be too far out either or it will hit the bearing. And as you noticed, there appears to be a special substance on the reluctor and I’m not sure of the purpose of it but it obviously isn’t just grease because I’ve never seen bearings or anything else come in a sealed plastic bag with messy black greasy stuff like that already applied. Bearings come fairly clean and the instructions in the service manual state to grease them when they’re installed. I tried for hours to find out more information on reluctor installation but there seems to be very little out there. That’s part of the reason I decided to buy the tool and follow the instructions at alldatadiy. I dint want my diff going out on me at a bad time. Mine is also narrowed so I can tuck my wheels when I air it out and the Moser axles I had to buy aren’t cheap and are made to order with a 6 to 8 week lead time. I wish you luck but sometimes you just have to do it right, not fast.
Yessir. At least I think that’s the one that stops the tool. I know something hits the end of the axle tube and it stops.
