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70 AMX rear axle ring/pinion brand question

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    Posted: Jul/04/2019 at 9:21pm
Many years ago I bought a motive gear 3.73 ring and pinion for my 70. I'm just getting around to installing it. Has any one had a experience with this brand? It is made in Italy. Also I misplaced the pinion shim that goes behind the large bearing race. Any ideas what shim I should star with when setting up this new gear set? I also need new posi clutch plates. I bought the ones with the round corners, later model? I have the carrier that bolts together with square corner plates. As always thanks for your help, it is greatly appreciated.

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I just installed 4.88 motive gears in my JKU Rubicon. Lots of folks in my area use them with no issues. I always start with what was originally the housing and normally is really close starting point. 
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You may have issues with Motive or any brand for an AMC 20, they are not machined to use thefactory tools and I have little luck with them, actually sources a used set and returned all new ones.  Pit Crew AND i have had same experience.....good luck. 
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Since you don't have the original pinion shim, setup will be a little more difficult.  I'd start with a pinion shim of around .085-.095".  Pretty thick, the factory shim was cast iron.  The Yukon 3.73s in my AMX ended up taking about .102" to get a good pattern.

I recommend getting a shim kit from Ratech.  They have enough shims in their kit to build a pack that thick.  Most master kits use GM size shims which don't quite fit the AMC needs.

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several sets of gears I set up ended up with a pinion shim in the area of .100 Do you want to sell the wrong set of posi clutches you have?
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Get the solid pinion spacer from Ratech as well, should make it easier to swap in and out without having to worry about the crush tube.
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Originally posted by 401MATCOUPE 401MATCOUPE wrote:

You may have issues with Motive or any brand for an AMC 20, they are not machined to use the factory tools and I have little luck with them, actually sources a used set and returned all new ones.  Pit Crew AND i have had same experience.....good luck. 
Yes, we went through every brand of new gears you can think of and they all had the same problem. The pinions are all made in Italy now. They are too long and have a square shoulder that will not let the pinion nut lock all the way down.

Of course calling all of the "manufactures" tech support produced the same answer. "Never hear of that before.". This was in spite of the fact I had talked to other AMC people that said they had already called in the issue themselves.





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I haven't done any in a while, but .08-.10" sounds like what I've seen with OE gears. I use the TSM method and measure off the back of the pinion gear like Ross.
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I'd like to thank every one for the fantastic information and incite! This Form and its members are truly the best!

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Did someone already mention using some "old" pinion bearings and honing the id so they are slip fit and use those to get a set up shim size, then do final assy with new pressed on bearings only 1 time, hopefully?
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