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Originally Posted by Mike Peters
Dave in MN: We are rebuilding a rear end right now and have established a nice carrier bearing preload with a .010" gasket on each side of the banjo. But....there is a lot of pinion to ring gear back lash, maybe .070" or so, and no where to go on banjo gaskets. So tomorrow we are going to experiment with shimming the pinion and see what happens.
Thanks for the tip!!
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In order to reduce the backlash you need to move the pinion gear closer to the ring gear. The pinion gear is attached to the drive shaft and is located dead center of the car. You cannot move it, but you can move the ring gear. To do this you need to remove the carrier bearings and put a shim under each. This will require the addition of more banjo gaskets in order to re-establish the carrier pre-load. The additional gaskets will give you a latitude to shift the ring gear closer to the pinion gear.
Tom Endy