Yoke Play

[motormayhem]

There is about 1/8" of play in my m1009's front D44 yoke. It will move in and out. What needs to be replaced and do I need to pull the whole carrier assembly to do it or just the yoke nut?

 

[OLDCHEV4X4]

Sounds like you need to tighten the pinion yoke nut. This is common.
If you dont have a new nut, take off the old one, clean everything up, put locktight on the threads, and tighten to required rotating torque speck.
Oh and that should be a 10bolt front axle unless someone changed it.

 

[motormayhem]

Sounds like you need to tighten the pinion yoke nut. This is common.
If you dont have a new nut, take off the old one, clean everything up, put locktight on the threads, and tighten to required rotating torque speck.
Oh and that should be a 10bolt front axle unless someone changed it.

The truck has had an axle swap. D44 front and 14 bolt rear. I tried to tighten the nut but impact couldn't get it any tighter than it currently was? Do I need to go tighter or does that mean it's another component?

 

[OLDCHEV4X4]

Take it off and see what the problem is. Should be a big thick washer behind the nut. Mabey the threads a boogered up.
Good time to change the seal if it needs it.

 

[scrambled]

It sounds like it is time to take it apart and see if the pinion bearings are still good. 1/4 inch is a lot of play.

I would assume that both bearings are bad. As long as the pinion has not walked into the carrier and broken any teeth, I would put new bearings in it and try to get a little preload on it.

Travis