the guy that installed it said he must have put in the crush sleeve and pulled it out 10 different times or something.


idk, he seamed like he knew what he was doing, been doing it for awhile, but id hate to blow the pumpkin apart

 

Assuming that's your problem. You could possibly hit the pinion bolt with a impact wrench if it has come loose. How long ago was the gear install? If it's been awhile the collar has probably been crushed. It could be possible though that the nut just needs to be tighten. On my last gear install i had the same problems you are having. I hit it with the impact wrench to crush the sleeve all the way then i tightened with a wrench untill i felt comfortable with the drag, checked my pattern and all was good. I think the bolt is 1 1/16 or 1 1/8.

 

You need to take it back to him and tellhim thepinion lash is not right and tell him why. He may not have shimmed the carrier right. Usually you can re-use the same shims if you keep track of what side they went on. Take it back tohim. At a minimum the gears will failprematurely if not set right. If you are launching at 5500 rpm (like i do) to quote pinks, youcould have "Catastrophic Failure"

 

well thanks for the info, it seems like if its not one thing sapping my cash its another [>:]

but id rather pay out the *** now, then having something blow

 

Not sure on how long the gears have been in there, how long ago they were installed, I purchased the car with the gears already installed, I hope to get the chance to check this out tomorrow, I will keep you informed at what I find, thanks for all the help bud.

 

You coming to reynold's onthe 20thfor the f-body track meet? Imma gonna get me some of Hunter02ss and Cablebandit! Yeah, right! That car is wicked. I'm going, maybe i can line up against some slooooow cars. If not i'll see you in Nov, assuming i'm not broken by then.

 

I am the one that needs some super slow cars to go up against, your car would walk all over mine, man I need some major mods.