Best I remember , I had to use the electric impact wrench to originally remove the pinion nut .
When I went to tighten the nut , with only 1 side of the car jacked up , I think I used a 24" break over bar . But I had to use my foor to try to hold the tire / wheel from rotating .
OK , lets say I remove the drive shaft ( both wheels off the ground ) , locate the appropriate socket and any needed adapters . Using an inch pound torque wrench , set to your recommend specification , try to rotate the pinion yoke . If the wheels rotate before the torque wrench clicks , I have not tightened the pinion nut sufficiently ?
If it clicks at the specification you gave , then it is correct ?
It it takes more torque to rotate the wheels , than the specification you gave me , I have it too tight ?
Can not remember if it is a 2 piece drive shaft with a carrier bearing ? Perhaps I should look ? It just occured to me , that bearing may be noisy , too ?
If I tightened the crush sleeve too much , can that be changed out , with the seal removed , with out going into the differential from the " back side " ?
Thank you very much for the information ,
Wyr
God bless