Eric had the ring/pinion and master kit sent directly to me.

The first step is to remove the case from the E-Locker carrier.

Remove the old carrier bearings...

Remove the ring bolts and the ring gear...

File the 2 surfaces down to verify no burrs or high spots and all was good.

The new ring gear is installed....Loctite and 75 ft/lbs of torque.

The new carrier bearings are pressed on at this point...I also just happen to notice that the ring was stamped with a "456" ratio. Not good as this is a 488 install :( The Precision box that it came in did say 488 but the ring says 456.... Mis-boxed, just my luck. I was just glad I caught it before I got too far into the set up.

A quick call and the correct gears were soon at my shop.

Markings on the pinion...

These gears came in a white box that said "Made in Korea"....I'm not sure if that's necessarily a bad thing. The quality seemed to be there. The cut and finish seemed very good. These are the stamped markings found on the ring...Does the "K" mean Korea?

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The new ring went on tight.

Now to tear down the pinion end...

The .0795" shim is pressed on with the new bearing.

Beautiful pattern.

Nice.

I now have to tear it down to install the crush and new seal...

A couple of shots of the pattern painted on the pinion teeth themselves.

Good patterns.

The new crush is loaded onto the pinion....looks like a normal crush sleeve. It should crush fairly easy.

The pinion nut supplied with the master kit was the "jam nut" style which I see no problem with. I used red Loctite on the threads...it offers some lubrication I think and when it sets up, it's not likely to loosen up on it's own accord.

Wow...this crush sleeve was not crushing easy. I damaged the fairly soft bolts that have lasted me so long on my jig. No problem...I replaced the bent softies with grade 8...that problem solved.

...then the 1/2" drive sheared in 2.

I easily fixed that....and now it's stronger than ever! :)

With the pinion pre-load taken care of now it's time to set BL and dial in a strong CBPL at the same time.

The ring is inscribed with the specs....

Done. ZUK