Technical Rear end rebuilding HELP

Hey Everyone I’m in the process of completely rebuilding a 10 bolt. I’ve got all the bearings pressed on the posi and the inside pinion bearing and shims on. The problem I’m having is I can’t get the outer pinion bearing to go on. The rear is out of the car. Does anyone have any tips or tricks to getting the outer bearing seated?


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Do you have the crush sleeve installed?
I generally have to tap the bearing on with the yoke until I can get the nut started.

 

No the crush sleeve isn’t installed yet. Trying to get it together to set up the ring and pinion pattern.


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Being you have the housing out, get a block of wood the can support the pinion just proud of the cover surface. then stand the pinion on the block, may be good to have a helper. With the pinion supported you can set the yoke on and tap it down.

 

Ok thanks I’ll give that a try I’ve only done this one other time and the rear was in the car.


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Thanks for the visual on this. It helped to see it. The book I’m using doesn’t have any thing in there like that.


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or put the yoke on the floor, with the bearing, housing, and pinion over it, and tap the pinion into the bearing. Balancing the housing is tricky