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http://therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166971
It was a few posts down the forum.
The replacement one also has a bit of slop, but not quite as bad. Also the old one had really bad wear on the plastic speedometer drive gear. The 'new' one has sharp defined gear teeth. The old one was rounded over pretty bad.
As mentioned in the other post. We only had one issue with the swap. The upper bolt next to the dowel pin. 100% different size then the other 4 bolt holes.
The old one had all the same hardware, the new one I thought had the same? (it was all 13mm or 1/2" bolt heads, that much I remember) However that one bolt above the dowel pin we couldn't start it. We even removed the transfer case to the point it almost fell in my lap. And tried to start it. It was at that point we found that while the bolt head was the same size, the threads where noticeably smaller diameter. It's the oddest thing I've ever seen. It all looks 100%, but the bolt is something like 1 size to large for the hole.
It's drawn in good and tight, that dowel pin was a PITA. We lined everything up and slowly rotated the bolts to draw it in place evenly. That dowel pin is more interference fit then just a guide pin. If not for that? It would have slide on like butter.
S-
It was a few posts down the forum.
The replacement one also has a bit of slop, but not quite as bad. Also the old one had really bad wear on the plastic speedometer drive gear. The 'new' one has sharp defined gear teeth. The old one was rounded over pretty bad.
As mentioned in the other post. We only had one issue with the swap. The upper bolt next to the dowel pin. 100% different size then the other 4 bolt holes.
The old one had all the same hardware, the new one I thought had the same? (it was all 13mm or 1/2" bolt heads, that much I remember) However that one bolt above the dowel pin we couldn't start it. We even removed the transfer case to the point it almost fell in my lap. And tried to start it. It was at that point we found that while the bolt head was the same size, the threads where noticeably smaller diameter. It's the oddest thing I've ever seen. It all looks 100%, but the bolt is something like 1 size to large for the hole.
It's drawn in good and tight, that dowel pin was a PITA. We lined everything up and slowly rotated the bolts to draw it in place evenly. That dowel pin is more interference fit then just a guide pin. If not for that? It would have slide on like butter.
S-
