Well, Finally after what seems like years
I've got it in. Turns out the guy that supposedly put the stock shims back on the pinon before he pressed the bearing on didn't. That was problem my first problem. The other thing I ran into was the stock shims didn't work even after fixing the pinion shims so I had to shim it over to the right 3 small shims with my stock shim on that side. The left was much smaller than stock was. I'm tested backlash and it was .013 which was about as tight as I could get it with the shims I had. Ring gear runout was fine and the wear pattern was perfect. I guess the only reason the ring gear had the funky wear pattern before all that was obviously from the grinding type action I was getting from the pinion being too far from the ring gear. I just got back from my test drive and everything seems pretty different. The shift kit is really put into action now, even though I haven't go on it yet. There is a whine about 35-40mph I'm guessing since my speedo is off now. LOL Othere than that, I can't wait to go to the track tomorrow night and post my new times on here. I haven't got on it yet but I sure want to! A big thanks to everyone who replied especially jeff for sticking it out with me! Thanks a million. I'll keep ya posted.
Thanks, James
