71olds
Member
Mounted a new rear tire & just can not get the splines in the wheel to mesh with the
final drive unit
Any hints
final drive unit
Any hints
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Sometimes they are just picky keep turning it spline to spline and wiggling it . It will go in.
71olds
Member
thanks I was trying to line it up with the axle though it
pulled it out & it popped in
pulled it out & it popped in
adambweird
Well-Known Member
Could always put it in gear so nothing spins on you. Thats how i usually do it.
The rear wheel splines & final drive pumpkin are easier to align than the front end of the driveshaft. For me anyway.
I suggest using the grey plastic dust ring as a guide to having the wheel in the correct position w/the pumpkin. Try to get even spacing around the dust ring and then a bit of wiggling, and the wheel should slide right in.
You know how the tire when it seats, has a molded perimeter ring which shows the same amount of sidewall space to the edge of the wheel? And how if you don't have the same spacing, that wheel isn't properly seated, and you're gonna have some incredible wheel hop if you don't get the bead to seat correctly? Well fitting the wheel to the pumpkin is kinda like that, except you're not going anywhere w/o the splines properly engaged.
I suggest using the grey plastic dust ring as a guide to having the wheel in the correct position w/the pumpkin. Try to get even spacing around the dust ring and then a bit of wiggling, and the wheel should slide right in.
You know how the tire when it seats, has a molded perimeter ring which shows the same amount of sidewall space to the edge of the wheel? And how if you don't have the same spacing, that wheel isn't properly seated, and you're gonna have some incredible wheel hop if you don't get the bead to seat correctly? Well fitting the wheel to the pumpkin is kinda like that, except you're not going anywhere w/o the splines properly engaged.
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