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I got the front all setup and installed in the explorer. Everything went well. I have the rear pulled apart and set pinion depth to 2.634 (the pinion head said 2.631) and backlash was set to .012”. What do you guys think of the pattern? The coast side seems to be towards the toe and the drive...

I’ll keep that in mind and in Orange County Ca

Perfect I’ll increase the backlash and see what happens. I am still in the setup phase just trying to get everything right before I do the final assembly. Yes I have zero carrier preload (the carrier shims just slid in by hand). I believe the carrier preload spec was .015”. Does that sound right?

I am regearing my front differential out of my 1994 Ford Explorer. What do you think of this pattern. Backlash was set at .007” and zero carrier bearing preload. I have it setup with zero pinion shims except for the oil slinger behind the inner pinion race and the other oil baffle between the...

Perfect! I guess my Yukon master rebuild kit must be not 100% accurate because it came with shins to go between the rear bearing race. Yes it does have a crush sleeve for bearing preload.

I am in the middle swapping gears out on my 1994 ford explorer to 4.56 and have a question on the correct way to install the shims for pinion depth. Are you suppose to install the shims between the inner race and baffle or in-between the big oil slinger and the pinion gear? All help is greatly...