I am in the middle of a rear JE REEL HD 1310 driveshaft install. The pinion yoke calls for a 1 5/16 socket, but it is too big to fit inside the replacement yoke! Some have suggested using a 35mm socket, which will fit, but it barely catches the corners of the nut. I am afraid with 165 + ftlbs of torque it will round off and then where will I be.

What have you all been doing. The 1 5/16 socket I got was from sears and is for a 3/4 drive. They don't carry that size in a 1/2 drive. Do they make these in a 1/2 drive??

Argggg!

 

try a Snap ON tool truck you should have better luck.

 

Grind down the OD of the socket til it fits.

 

I did the exact thing you did with the 3/4" nut, which doesnt fit in the replacement flange, i then went to Auto Zone and bought a 1 5/16" 1/2" socket, which worked perfectly and was much cheaper than the Sears socket.

 

I was able to find a 3/4 drive socket 1 5/16 at autozone this am. Not as thick walled as the sears version. Plus it was 1/4 the price!

 

The JE Reel 1310 HD rear shaft is installed. It did take me longer than I expected, but from drilling the flat bar to make a flange holding tool to removal and install, I was under the Jeep about 4 hours. More of a pain with the tires off and on, rotation torque checks x several times....

The transfer case flange was replace in no time. The rear wasn't that big a deal either. I used the inlb torque wrench to check rotational torque. The needle style is hard to gauge, but I ended up with about 20 - 25 inlb to rotate before and after the install. I stopped at 175 ftlbs on the pinion flange nut. Once all that was done, the new shaft bolted right up. The 1/2 nuts and bolts are hard to get to due to the machining being so exact. I used a 1/2 socket for a 1/4 drive and these socket adapters that allow you to turn the socket with a wrench. Everything got red locktight.

The pinion angle reads 14 degrees on the shaft and 14.5 on the base of the differential. Thats got to be close enough.

I took it out for a short run and got it up past 60 mph. I may be speaking too early, but I would say that the vibration issues I was having with the JE Reel OE replacement shaft are now gone. I had significant oscillation between 50 - 60 mph.

I have to admit, that messing with the pinion/rotational torque had me more nervous than most projects I have taken on. Why I don't know, because it was much easier to do than I had thought. Maybe it is just due to the consequenses of screwingin it up.

Anyway, I think I am done for now. Much more in the first year of ownership than I thought I would do!! Now all I have to do is get over the first scratch and I will be on my way!