I'm looking to find out what kind of c-clip eliminators I have on my car and how to adjust them. The seal to keep in the diff oil on the housing ends are behind the bearing, and the rest is kind of like the ford c-clips but all the pieces like the c-clip plate and grease seal and bearing are all installed as a unit onto the axle, then the axle assembly is installed and bolted on to the backplate. The drivers side is just bolted on like I decribed, but after the passenger side is bolted on to the backplate, then there is a big screw type thing that adjusts how far in or out my axle sits. I need to know what the heck I have and how do I adjust the big screw type thing, I don't want to make it too tight and wreck something.

Hope this makes sense because it was kind of hard to explain

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Deano

The set up you have is the way those rear ends (and other chryslers) were designed. To do any adjusting, install the solid bearing side first. Then install the other axle. There is a floating pin in the center of your posi unit that takes up the clearance between the axles. If I remember right there should be about .006 play when you get done. You can also replace the adjustable bearing plate with a solid plate and use steel shims to get the desired clearance. Some of the race type rear end companys sell ball bearing replacements for those tapered bearings too. If you get rid of the tapered bearings you wont have to worry about adjusting the axle bearings, but you will need to get rid of the floating pin in the posi or grind the end of the axles or shim the retaining plates to make everything fit correctly.

Thanks do you just set up a dial indicator and push and pull on the axle to get the play of .006.
I'd also like to know what I would wreck if It was run this way?

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Deano

I found in an old dodge service manual that the play from side to side should be from .008 - .012 just thought I would let you guys know what I found out .

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Deano