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Re: Pinion pattern
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Originally Posted by jdalexa84
Everything I read says start with original pinion shim and adjust from there. Thats what I did. And since I have no experience doing this I mostly wanted to confirm what I was thinking as far as movement direction of the pinion. I have new shims to install so based on what I gather from the replies here I should lose about .005 to start and check again?
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Yes, your doing fine. Dont know who that other cat is but with a suspended account and only 3 posts I wouldnt hold much stock in his comment. When you go to take the pattern reading, try to apply some resistance to the rotating carrier with a gloved hand or a rag so that a good wipe of the pattern grease occurs Heres a page out of Randy Lyman's Differential Manual on reading tooth patters.  And heres my final on the 12T I did a few months ago. 
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