Steve, don't envy you for being color blind, my father was also (which lead to some really weird discussions on what color to paint things), the only color he could see was yellow. So, everything he owned was of course Yellow usually with White as an accent color. Yeah I guess my cross sections would be hard to see then...it's just I hate cross hatch, although I guess I should make them that way too for folks with your particular problem.
Anyhoo, I would like to see your cleaned unit, Mark's is a good layout, but it would be nice if you could lay them out as they came apart, or just good straight on pics of the parts....on the cylindrical parts with gear teeth, both a right side and a top pic would be good, thanks.
Mark, I would love to be able to buy one of Mark Chaffin's kits, but as of now I just can't afford it (I live in Califunny and between that bloody gas tax and what it costs to own a house here, my retirement is just barely, making ends meet. I'm moving this summer sometime out of Califunny, at least that's the plan, lol, to Missouri (pronounced Missour-ah by the locals), hopefully it will be a bit less expensive and maybe then I can get one then). Hmmm some of the parts I've got in my cross section don't seem to be in your parts lay out...or if they are, they're totally different from what I was originally shown. What's that whitish looking disc above the cylindrical sleeve with the two gear ends on it? And where does it go?
Tony, Looks like I'm going to be doing some major rework here, blast, why didn't Dave Little tell me this long ago, when I could've made these corrections back then...oh well, better late than never, besides I intend to redraw these anyway, now I can redraw them and correctly, thanks.
John so you're saying that there is no bolt that holds this ring to the housing only pins? Ok so the smaller bolts hold the two halves of the pinion spider housing together? Those pins hold the 3 small gears that run inside the Ruckstell Ring gear and the inner (I think) Hi speed gear. Sooo, in that picture that Mark posted of the assembly as it goes together, that washer between the differential and the Ruckstell "Bell Housing" is the fiber washer you're talking about? That's the pink flange thing I've got, so, I'll just remove the bottom part of that and make the O.D a bit larger with the same I.D....ok, this is going to be fun! It's good to have folks like you guys to tell me what is and what is not correct.
