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Old 09-22-2024, 10:45 AM   #6
Mark Ugrich
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Default Re: US-Gear 12-bolt pro gear issues ???

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Originally Posted by Adger Smith View Post
Kevin, I know this is Elementary, but you do know the caps and housing are not split on center? A pinion shim that thick could be putting the pinion deep. I would have thought around a .026 was thick enough. How much pinion shim was in it to begin with??? I agree the gear could be mismanfactured.
Adger, I remember from my days as a heavy line tech at Buick using the kent moore tools to set pinion depth.The service manual said it was a ? nominal? measurement. Which I understood to mean, it is , but it isn?t , but it could be ,what you just measured.The caps not split on center might be the reason for a nominal measurement.
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