Tony Stewart
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Just got done with a full rebuild on my 00 Tahoe. It was my first rear end rebuild. There are a few thing I wanted everyone to know that is considering doing this.
You can do it. A lot of people will tell you it's to hard and to mine junk yard gold. Do not listen to them. If you are willing to take your time and do your research anybody can do it.
Junk yard rear ends may cost you in the long run. Especially if you spend money on one and then still have to rebuild it 20,000 miles later. There is just no way to know what kind of shape it's in. I bought some of that junk yard gold and I believe that the last person that drove it was a 16 yo boy with nothing better to do than burn outs and buy tires.
You must make dummy bearings. Somebody will try to tell you that the original shims will work for your replacements. They MIGHT but probably not.
Go into this with the mindset that this is not an hour job, slap it back together and go. It's not. You have to make the time and be willing to keep adding and taking shims until it's perfect. There is no such thing as close enough.
Get the torque and back lash specs and realize they are not suggestions. Engineers came up with these for a reason. Follow them.
I kept getting bad advice on my rebuild and it cost me bearings and time. You want this rebuild to last 200,000 miles not long enough to do it again.
Just take your time and don't settle for " it works " you want it right.
( Sometimes brothers in law mean well but give bad advice. Trust me)
You can do it. A lot of people will tell you it's to hard and to mine junk yard gold. Do not listen to them. If you are willing to take your time and do your research anybody can do it.
Junk yard rear ends may cost you in the long run. Especially if you spend money on one and then still have to rebuild it 20,000 miles later. There is just no way to know what kind of shape it's in. I bought some of that junk yard gold and I believe that the last person that drove it was a 16 yo boy with nothing better to do than burn outs and buy tires.
You must make dummy bearings. Somebody will try to tell you that the original shims will work for your replacements. They MIGHT but probably not.
Go into this with the mindset that this is not an hour job, slap it back together and go. It's not. You have to make the time and be willing to keep adding and taking shims until it's perfect. There is no such thing as close enough.
Get the torque and back lash specs and realize they are not suggestions. Engineers came up with these for a reason. Follow them.
I kept getting bad advice on my rebuild and it cost me bearings and time. You want this rebuild to last 200,000 miles not long enough to do it again.
Just take your time and don't settle for " it works " you want it right.
( Sometimes brothers in law mean well but give bad advice. Trust me)
