1950 Willys Truck re-rebuild by 50wllystrk

3 minute(s) of a 620 minute read

Now that we've looked at the pinion lets look at the ring gear and the carrier. This carrier is unique, being a posi-traction it is more complicated than most. Also being unique is the design, most do not have sections held together with bolts. Most are one solid unit, they do have gears called spider gears. Yet they have a way of turning the gears internally and the come out of openings in the casting of the carrier. Back to mine, this top view shows the bolts that hold the unit together.

Side view. Not so much for the machining, but for reassembly purposes, I used a punch to mark the two halves, two dots on top, two dots on bottom. Never chance reassembly, always mark your pieces. The disassembly is as important as assembly. Take your time, understand why it is the way it is, try to understand the function of the part you're working on.


This isn't something you want to take a chance on. Remove pieces in subassemblies when possible. Mark their location, inside, outside, top or bottom. Don't be affraid of taking pictures during dissassembly, as you can see, pics can show good detail.

5-28-2011

 CHEATER!!!! You've seen this movie before. You're outta here, go on, shoe, scram.

Just kidding.... yes, for sure, I got a glimpse of the clutches last night but I didn't get a picture. I've seen lots of posi clutches before, but these are bad. I can clearly recall in the past few winters I thought the posi wasn't hooking up like it should, I saw why. I'll try to get the pictures up tonight of worn clutches. In the mean time, I am prepared for with new ones.