I done messed up

So a wheel bearing bearing, pinion bearing, a wheel seal, and the pinion seal went bad on my '95 Roadmaster. Additionally I could feel the rear diff giving up the ghost since it wasn't engaging every time during wheel spin. I figured I'd overhaul the rear end with new bearings, seals, axle shafts, Eaton Trutrac, and 3.73 gears, because hotrod. This is my DD, so I ordered up all the parts (you might guess where this is going) and had a local shop to do the swap for the sake of being faster then me with this particular job. They had it done in a couple of hours.

I went and picked it up yesterday after work and after they had already closed up for the day. Drove it about 1/4 mile and the ABS light came on. #sigh. I knew this was an issue when I ordered the 3.73 ring and pinion gears, but looking at it on Summit's page it states,

"The pinion in this gear set will accept the factory ABS reluctor. Must use 2.73:1 or numerically higher ratio carrier."

Welp mine was a 3.08, so I figured they could just re-use the factory reluctor ring and roll with it. Should I have interpreted Summit's statement as "The pinion in this gear set will accept the factory style ABS reluctor"? I easily could have ordered a new reluctor ring and had them install it. Now I'm looking at taking it apart myself and putting a new ring on. UGH.

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CBurne7 wrote:

Should I have interpreted Summit's statement as "The pinion in this gear set will accept the factory style ABS reluctor"?

yes

At least they set the pinion depth correctly, and you do not have to change that. If you mark the pinion nut/shaft, count the turns to remove, and write the number down, you may be able to reuse your compression sleeve. You will also need a pinion shaft tool to reinstall the nut. Instructions for reinstalling the nut are in the FSM. If you can avoid using a new compression sleeve you will be much happier.

Well after much deliberation, I decided it would be more worth my (limited) time to just ignore the light for now and see how annoyed I get down the road (literally and figuratively) lol. I may just take the bulb out. We'll see.

It rips now with the 3.73 gears though. I live in Baltimore so now I'm scoring 20-23 MPG's around town. I'm super stoked.

I just ordered a new power antenna cable, so that's next. Also my heat isn't working, so I'm going to flush out the heater core at some point seeing how Maryland has entered the polar vortex time of the year.

Thanks for the help guys.

Pull the bulb and drive on. Drove my 94 for almost 7 years with no issue. Just pulled the entire setup from my current 95.

Also, who messes with pain in the butt crush sleeves these days?

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