Spider and Side gears?

[wyoramsrt-10]

What is the process or how do you change out the spider and side gears on our trucks? Any special tools, etc....

 

[sleeper]

Why do you want to do this?

 

[wyoramsrt-10]

Yep, actually the truck should be done tomorrow. Getting some cryoed spyder and side gears put in for some preventative maintenance. The thing that bakes my noodle is the shop said something had to be pressed in and they did not have the capabililty to do it. I figured if they can't they would know someone in town that could. But they ended up sending the parts to Billings. So the truck has been at the shop for a week now.

 

[Annu Kumar]

What the hell are spider gears you Gear freaks

 

[wyoramsrt-10]

I have no idea how to explain it. But I will give it a try. Power transfers from the driveline to the ring and pinion gear (that is where your gearing is), then from there it goes into the axle carrier into the spider gears and side gears to the axle then the wheel.

I am probably way off on trying to explain this, so I hope that confuses you even more.

Our spider gear are a weak link and have been known to blow up while power breaking with out a line lock.

 

[Marc T]

What the hell are spider gears you Gear freaks

That would be these!

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[wyoramsrt-10]

Are those broken teeth I see there?

 

[Marc T]

I think so, but there not mine, just grabbed the photo off the web!!

 

[Annu Kumar]

Thats the Final drive right??

 

[wyoramsrt-10]

Thats the Final drive right??

Need more info to answer you question. Don't know much about gearing stuff but "Final drive ratio" your transmission gearing comes into play as well as axle ratio.

 

[sleeper]

Its the rear end Annu.

 

[JRSVIPR]

Its the rear end Annu.

You can't say rear end to Annu,He will want to hit it.

 

[Annu Kumar]

You can't say rear end to Annu,He will want to hit it.

Ring And Pinon????

 

[alexspop]

Ring And Pinon????

Differential!!

 

[FATJACK]

And hit it he will!!!!

 

[wyoramsrt-10]

Ring And Pinon????

If you look in the picture the large circle is your ring gear. On the other side (you can't see it in the pic) is your pinion gear which is much smaller. To determine your axle ratio you count how many revolutions the pinion gear does to one revolution of the ring gear. So in our trucks the pinion rotates 4.56 times to make one revolution on the ring gear.

 

[Annu Kumar]

If you look in the picture the large circle is your ring gear. On the other side (you can't see it in the pic) is your pinion gear which is much smaller. To determine your axle ratio you count how many revolutions the pinion gear does to one revolution of the ring gear. So in our trucks the pinion rotates 4.56 times to make one revolution on the ring gear.

Yes captain:rock:

 

[Wifey]

The ones that are on the axles are the drive gears, the ones on the shaft(idler shaft) are the idler gears , these are known as Spider Gears.

Behind the drive gears are the Clutch Plates used in limited slip diffs.

There is a bolt/ screw that hold the idler shaft in the carrier, remove the bolt,remove the shaft, remove the idler gears, then remove wheels and calipers.

Then push lightly in on the axles( one at a time) this will let you get to the C clip that holds in the axle, remove C clip (be sure to hold the drive gear in place or all the clutch plates will fall out) as you push the axle out until the drive gear can be removed with the clutch plates.

It is really easy to do

 

[Wifey]

If you look in the picture the large circle is your ring gear. On the other side (you can't see it in the pic) is your pinion gear which is much smaller. To determine your axle ratio you count how many revolutions the pinion gear does to one revolution of the ring gear. So in our trucks the pinion rotates 4.56 times to make one revolution on the ring gear.

The number of teeth should be stamped on the ring and the pinion, just use simple division to fiqure your ratio, or just count them then divide

 

[sleeper]

Got the shop manual out huh Wifey.