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Crush Collar for pinion in AMC 15 rear?

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    Posted: Feb/09/2010 at 7:42pm
Gremlin's 40th birthday means, she gets a new rear end!  Grin  Unfortunately, we can't locate a crush sleeve for the pinion shaft.  I have a NAPA and a Lordco parts place available to me. Lordco says No can do, NAPA is looking.
 
A few years ago when we did the AMC 20 in my Javelin, we found a crush collar for that. Are crush collars interchangeable between rears or is there another similar part we can use?  I suppose we can re-use the old one if push comes to shove, but I'd rather not.
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Try a call to Ratech. 

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Or call Jeep vendors?
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Or check with the AMC vendors.
 
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The crush sleeve for a Dana 35 from the rear end of a 98 Grand Cherokee w/4.0 fits it. I still had to get one from the local Dodge/Jeep dealer.
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Originally posted by Fluffy73 Fluffy73 wrote:

Gremlin's 40th birthday means, she gets a new rear end!  Grin  Unfortunately, we can't locate a crush sleeve for the pinion shaft.  I have a NAPA and a Lordco parts place available to me. Lordco says No can do, NAPA is looking.
 
A few years ago when we did the AMC 20 in my Javelin, we found a crush collar for that. Are crush collars interchangeable between rears or is there another similar part we can use?  I suppose we can re-use the old one if push comes to shove, but I'd rather not.
I assume your upgrading to a AMC 20? If you are the crush sleeve for a Ford 9" and Ford 8.8" is the exact part a AMC 20 rearend uses. 

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For reference, may help in your search, from 67-72 Parts Manual, it is possible to replace the Crush Sleeve with a Spacer and Shims, also available from RaTech iirc, as mentioned in Performance American Style, if so desired.


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And if worse comes to better, if you have the old one, take it to a machine shop and ask them to make a solid sleeve 0.005" smaller (length). Then buy some shim stock of various sizes and make shims (you can cut 0.010" and less shim stock with scissors). Adjust/torque to your hearts content and get the pinion perfectly square every time.
I never use crush sleeves. Seen to many "crushed" and not square.
 One time use junk, my opinion.
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Crush sleeves are all about speed and cost reduction in manufacturing. Ideally you use a solid spacer and forget the idea of using shim stock stock as it will eventually get beat out in that application.

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Have to agree Tom.
But steel or SS shim will only distort 0.0001" and brass 0.0003" IF reused multiple times.
I make one final sleeve myself, but also have the tools to do it.
Average "person" would be ecstatic at ideal specification within 0.001".
Just saying.
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