QU40208 Dana 44 or Dana 50 Pinion Crush Sleeve or Preload Spacer

QU40208 Model 44 and Model 50 Pinion Preload Spacer Genuine original equipment Dana-Spicer Collapsible Pinion Preload Spacer or crush sleeve fits between the inner and outer pinion bearings on Dodge 1994-2001 Dana-Spicer Model 44 and 1999-2005 Ford Dana-Spicer Model 50 front axles. Replace anytime the pinion yoke is removed for any reason.

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Installing
Applications

Tech Note 1: Installing
The initial overall length of this spacer is greater than the normal separation distance between the two pinion bearings. As you tighten your pinion nut against the yoke, you will push the outer bearing against this Spacer. At that point the nut will seem tight but your pinion will still be loose. You now must increase the torque applied to the nut by a substantial margin to initiate the compression of the spacer. Once it starts to compress, the required torque needed to continue tightening the nut will still be high, but reduced from the amount needed to start compression. As the Spacer collapses, your pinion end play will gradually disappear. When all end-play is gone, you have to be very careful as it will only take a small movement of the nut to go from too loose to too tight. If you over tighten the nut, you MUST get a new spacer and start over!!! Never back off the nut to try and reduce the rotating preload of the pinion!!!! See TM4400 or the factory shop manual for your truck for rotating preload specs will get tighter.

Applications:
Dodge Model 44 Front Axle:
Ram 1500: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Ram 2500 with UNDER 8800 pound Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

Ford Model 50 Front Axle:
Ford F-250 and F-350SRW with Model 50 Axles: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Excursion: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005