Dodge 2001 Ram 1500 Owner's Manual page 191

3 - 118 REAR AXLE - 248RBI
REAR AXLE - 248RBI (Continued)
Fig. 14 Differential Side Play Measurement
1 - DIFFERENTIAL CASE
2 - DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING
3 - PILOT STUD
4 - DIAL INDICATOR
Fig. 15 Dial Indicator Location
1 - DIFFERENTIAL CASE TO PINION GEAR SIDE
2 - PILOT STUD
3 - DIAL INDICATOR ARM
4 - DIAL INDICATOR FACE
(12) Add 0.38 mm (0.015 in.) to the zero end play
total. This total represents the thickness of shims
needed to preload the new bearings when the differ-
ential is installed.
(13) Rotate dial indicator out of the way on the
pilot stud.
Fig. 16 Differential Case To Ring Gear Side
1 - DIAL INDICATOR
2 - DIFFERENTIAL CASE TO RING GEAR SIDE
3 - DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING
(14) Remove differential case and dummy bearings
from the housing.
(15) Install the pinion gear in the housing. Install
the pinion yoke and establish the correct pinion
rotating torque.
(16) Install differential case and dummy bearings
D-343 in the housing (without shims), install bearing
caps and tighten bolts snug.
(17) Seat ring gear side dummy bearing (Fig. 13).
(18) Position the dial indicator plunger on a flat
surface between the ring gear bolt heads (Fig. 14).
(19) Push and hold differential case toward pinion
gear and zero the dial indicator (Fig. 17).
Fig. 17 Differential Case To Pinion Gear Side
1 - DIAL INDICATOR FACE
2 - DIFFERENTIAL CASE TO PINION GEAR SIDE
3 - PINION GEAR
4 - DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING
5 - DIFFERENTIAL CASE
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