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Reply #60October 20, 2012, 10:39:05 pm

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Re: 80% peloquin shim kit
« Reply #60 on: October 20, 2012, 10:39:05 pm »
I 3 am interested to see how this worked.

Reply #61October 21, 2012, 08:43:44 pm

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Re: 80% peloquin shim kit
« Reply #61 on: October 21, 2012, 08:43:44 pm »
Well a lot of factors come into play. Overall it feels like Im getting more power to the road. I can accelerate in and out of turns better. I also swapped in a manual steering rack so that might be coming into play as well. Id say success. This is a bone stock eco diesel with an ASF trans and a .71 fifth gear. Im very pleased with all the work i put into. I have a new clutch set so i didn't want to beat on it to hard yet.  ;D
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Reply #62October 21, 2012, 10:49:45 pm

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Re: 80% peloquin shim kit
« Reply #62 on: October 21, 2012, 10:49:45 pm »
Can you summarize the Peloquin work for us in a short writeup.  Beats having to pour through the thread. 

Reply #63October 22, 2012, 12:26:42 pm

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Re: 80% peloquin shim kit
« Reply #63 on: October 22, 2012, 12:26:42 pm »
maybe not - not something one may want to write home about - seat of the pants work - which is ok but may not be recomendable for everyone - at your own risk type of thing - got to live and learn and dig or pour through
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Reply #64October 24, 2012, 10:53:42 am

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Re: 80% peloquin shim kit
« Reply #64 on: October 24, 2012, 10:53:42 am »
1. Purchased two 1 1/8" inner dia. flat washers.
2. Purchased bolts and sealing washers from peloquins. $25 plus shipping
3. I ground down the bolt heads on both bolts i reduced them by half on all dimensions on the head. I used a really nice grinding wheel at work got them down pretty smooth. I made them so the recessed on the sealing caps where as when new out of box they protruded from the top of the sealing cap by over 1/8" or more.
4. I installed the drive flanges(90mm).
      -brass taper rings
      -1 1/8" washer
      -cup washer
      -drive flange and spring
      -circle clip   NOTE: Dont install the concave washer per peloquins it isn't need and will cause the sealing cap to not       work properly
      -clean out thread in the drive axle with q tips and brake cleaner let dry.
5. Install sealing cap be sure to get the seal wet with oil before installing.
6. Torque down the cap bolts to 33 ft lbs when doing this you will see the drive flange move at least a 1/4" towards the trans case.
7. Grind off at your cv end on the drive flange end until its about a mm past the circle clip.
This is just about everything i can remember i did and so far so good..
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Reply #65November 04, 2012, 10:53:44 pm

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Re: 80% peloquin shim kit
« Reply #65 on: November 04, 2012, 10:53:44 pm »
I have an inquiry about #7.

The end of the axle that is bolted to the transmission? You ground down your axle shaft until it was 1mm past the circlip? Just getting stuff fully visible in my mind.

So what you did was effectively make your own 80% kit? or 40% kit? Every time I read the vortex write-up I get a bit more confused as to the parts involved for either.. So it must be a slightly confusing post, because that does not usually happen to me. LOL

Reply #66November 04, 2012, 11:46:31 pm

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Re: 80% peloquin shim kit
« Reply #66 on: November 04, 2012, 11:46:31 pm »
the washers he purchased at the hardware store turns the 40 into an 80% home made kit and the 1mm past C clip is measured from the CV joint not transmission end so there is at least 1mm inch axle material showing past C clip on axle end
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Reply #67November 05, 2012, 06:26:49 am

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Re: 80% peloquin shim kit
« Reply #67 on: November 05, 2012, 06:26:49 am »
just thick washers = 40%. washers plus sealing cap minus concave washers = 80%.
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