I am having a really hard time with my sending unit - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

jbristo67 · 08-08-2009, 11:42 PM

Is there a trick to getting the lock ring in place. I can get it in to save my life. Thanks in advance

JimKshortstep4x4 · 08-09-2009, 07:46 AM

Sometimes the seal makes the ring stick out so that the three tabs on the locking ring stick out to far to get them started. What I have done is bend the tabs at the starting edges slightly so that you can get all three tabs started at once. I spray the ring with penetrant so that you can tap it into place easier.

Jim

70k52wd · 08-09-2009, 08:00 AM

I use silicon spray to lube the rubber seal. It Does take some patience to get it going.

Longhorn Man · 08-09-2009, 08:38 AM

Also if you tap on one ring, then the next ring, then the next, and continue going around. This way the ring doesn't get shoved to one side and start to bind up.

jbristo67 · 08-09-2009, 11:00 AM

I cant even get it in the grove to start. Its like its the wrong ring or something. I had to quit last night before I pulled my hair out

08-08-2009, 11:42 PM	#1
jbristo67 resident oilfield trash Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lubbock TX Posts: 1,465	I am having a really hard time with my sending unit Is there a trick to getting the lock ring in place. I can get it in to save my life. Thanks in advance __________________ 1967 SWB C10 396/400 factory air factory tach (sadly had to send to a new home) 1986 Honda 70 Fourtrax 1991 Chevrolet K5 blazer 2wd 1982 Mastercraft Pro Star 190 Stars and Stripes 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe 2011 Nissan Armada

08-09-2009, 07:46 AM	#2
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	Re: I am having a really hard time with my sending unit Sometimes the seal makes the ring stick out so that the three tabs on the locking ring stick out to far to get them started. What I have done is bend the tabs at the starting edges slightly so that you can get all three tabs started at once. I spray the ring with penetrant so that you can tap it into place easier. Jim __________________ 1971 Shortbox step side 4x4, 350 sbc, 3:07 rear end 1965 Impala SS 400 sbc, Muncie rock crusher 1966 Impala SS 396 bbc, TH 400 1969 El Camino, 350 sbc, TH 350 1971 Snowplow built on a Blazer frame 1972 GMC Short bed, stepside, TH 400, 427 BBC

08-09-2009, 08:00 AM	#3
70k52wd Blaze-Air Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,117	Re: I am having a really hard time with my sending unit I use silicon spray to lube the rubber seal. It Does take some patience to get it going.

08-09-2009, 08:38 AM	#4
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: I am having a really hard time with my sending unit Also if you tap on one ring, then the next ring, then the next, and continue going around. This way the ring doesn't get shoved to one side and start to bind up.

08-09-2009, 11:00 AM	#5
jbristo67 resident oilfield trash Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lubbock TX Posts: 1,465	Re: I am having a really hard time with my sending unit I cant even get it in the grove to start. Its like its the wrong ring or something. I had to quit last night before I pulled my hair out __________________ 1967 SWB C10 396/400 factory air factory tach (sadly had to send to a new home) 1986 Honda 70 Fourtrax 1991 Chevrolet K5 blazer 2wd 1982 Mastercraft Pro Star 190 Stars and Stripes 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe 2011 Nissan Armada



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