Pre-load + end float = shim pack, 3 installing the air locker – ARB RD125 User Manual

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3 Installing the Air Locker

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Figure 13.

c Consult your vehicle manufacturer’s service manual to determine

the carrier bearing pre-load amount specified for your vehicle.

c Add the specified pre-load amount to the measurement taken with

the feeler gauge to determine a shim amount for ‘D’ in Figure 12.

PRE-LOAD + END FLOAT = SHIM PACK

c Create a shim pack ‘D’ from the shims supplied with your Air

Locker.

NOTE : Do not add shims between the bearing cone and the

bearing seat and NEVER machine the Air Locker.

c Remove the Air Locker from the axle housing.
c Install the shim pack ‘D’ between the master shim and the seal

housing as shown in Figure 12.

c Spread the differential housing again (Refer to Section 2.6).
c Re-install the Air Locker assembly into the axle housing without the

original master shim from the right-hand side.

c Rotate the seal housing until the tube is positioned in the center of

the oil drainage notch of the axle housing.

c While holding the Air Locker into the axle housing, lightly tap the

original right-hand master shim into place on the right-hand side
between the Air Locker master shim and the bearing seat of the
axle assembly.

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