Early units have conventional spacer and selective fit shims, later use the goofy collapsible spacer.
I hope you have a good shop manual. With the (????) spec on replacement parts, the pinion & carrier will surely have to be reset, along with preloads, in order to get a good mesh pattern.
You can use injuneers blue, proprietary gear-checking compounds, or what I do is mix white grease with blue & get it to about french blue in color.
Once you get your pattern, set the preloads, but always re-check afterwards to make sure nothing has shifted.
Don't forget to drill & tap a hole for the drain plug
Glen
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: Hi.
: What should the pinion preload be and
: how do you establish it?
: Thanks. P.J.
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: The short version...
: - Establish pinion depth & gear
: mesh pattern, using gear marking
: compound.
: - Set pinion & carrier preloads
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: Note- I find that some replacement
: bearings aren't the exact same specs as
: OEM. I use new Timkens with the inner
: race bore opened up a couple thou, for
: set-up bearings, and I usually have to
: do final adjustments to correct.
: Glen
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: Hi.
: Could someone run through the steps to
: setting up the pinion after installing
: new bearings. I did one about ten years
: ago but I can't recall all the
: specifics.
: Thanks. P.J.
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