Hi, I'm rebuilding the banjo of my 1932 Ford. It's an early model, like a Model A. I need info's from guys who did it yet. I followed Tom Endy's Tech articles on Santaanitaas.org and got some questions. https://www.santaanitaas.org/tom-endys-tech-articles/ 1) He's setting the bearing preload and the backlash, but what about the pinion depth ? 2) How do you measure the backlash ? on the bearing preload adjusting nut ? 3) To avoid damage on the threads of the drive shaft, can I set the pinion without the shaft fitted ? Thanks for your replies !
On mine I had to put a shim behind the rear pinion bearing , in front of the pinion gear, to move it back toward the ring gear more. Because even without any gaskets ( shims) on the right axle housing there was still way to much back lash between the ring & pinion.
The internet is actually good for DIY projects. I call it Hotrod porn. Here's a YouTube clip. there's others also.
Thx Solidaxle. I’ve watched all the vids and all the threads I could find. But unfortunately they never show how to set a backlash or pinion depth on a banjo axle. that’s why I ask here.
Normally on the early 32 or Model A you do not set pinion depth. As xix said, if there is too much backlash you can shim pinion. You can check backlash by putting a dial indicator on a ring gear tooth through the oil fill and moving ring gear back and forth with a screw driver. John
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