Does the new one come with the correct shim?.Will a shop be able to machine the pinion gear or do I just order a new set (around 150 on rock auto)?.Then my parts store guy (they remove and press on the pinion and ring gear bearings) called me to say he felt a strange wear pattern on the pinion gear and also suspected the shim under the pinion bearing was not spec. When removing, the spider gears fell out, and I noticed a broken shim on one. I decided to replace the rear pinion and ring gear bearings just to cover all my bases. I replaced the front pinion bearing (closest one to flange, right?), probably did the preload wrong cause I got a cheap torque wrench, measured the backlash, put it together, aaaaand it still howled around 15-20 mph. The guys at my local independent auto parts store agreed. I took it apart, and had a hard time seeing bad bearings. NTB listened to it with their stethoscope for $60 and told me pinion bearings. So, I got a 96 Ranger 2wd that started howling.
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