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It is critical to get the setting of torque on the front pinion nut right. When you put the flange and nut back on, do not just torque it to the factory setting and be done with it. Look for information in factory documentation regarding what torque setting to use when reusing all of the bearings on the pinion gear. it is a different (lower) specification than when replacing the bearings. I recommend pulling the carrier out of the case before installing the flange and the pinion nut. Then use the low end of the torque specification. After setting to the low end of the torque specification, check the amount of turning torque required to turn the pinion shaft - you are checking pinion shaft turning resistance at this point. There is a factory manual uploaded to the resources section of the forum. You need to get the turning resistance to be close to correct specification. If you don't do as outlined above, you are taking too big a chance at setting too high a pre load on the bearing stack on the pinion shaft. The weak link is the pinion bearing - the front most bearing. However, with a damaged pinion bearing, it only takes a low number of miles to damage the ring and crown gears also. Garrett

I use a 3lb mallet placed inside the door at the back and cardboard shims between the door and the rocker.

I have this neat tool I would love to test number 4 with. Spark KV, Burn KV, Burn time in ms.

THanks for you rinput guys, i appreciate a lot. I will try my best and take my time. Also i have the original FSM and the japanese Differential service manual, so i will also try to follow the step-by-step guidance in there.

If at all possible, try and set the backlash and preload with all 3 of the old seals removed and the new ones not installed yet, I found that new the seal held onto the front flange and causing more drag and throwing off the preload measurement. On the side axles the new seals around the flanges made measuring the backlash inconsistent and produced varying results.

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So nice

I got my cnc intake and some parts back from media tumbling, it looks almost cast. I am super happy with the finish. Only issue it now shows finger prints.

Finally got the linkage sorted on my ITB. This is without an over head bar return spring (I will add tonight). The system is very smooth and returns strongly. Pretty stoked.