jim & john thanks. the fear is gone. i'm leaving the pinion in the casing, swap'n the carrier and spiders as a whole. putting on the rrc carrier my old ring (using a ring spacer to make up the difference between a rrc ring and a iia ring). doing this, it's only the carrier side to side that i need to watch. this thread would have been alot shorter if you guys would have just stopped by the garage with some beer.
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