"...we traveled over to Brad's Custom Auto in Seattle, Washington, for a day's worth of installation."
"...we believe such an operation is best handled by a professional shop..."
"Always the vigilant eye, Brad Seibold noticed an unrelated problem we'd been unaware of."
"Seibold gets underway on our rearend build by popping the rear cover to drain the oil, removing the center pin retaining bold and pin, and pulling the axle C-clips..."
"...Seibold measures the backlash on our stock arrangement with a dial indicator, and found it to be within ford's spec at .013-inch."
"With the driveshaft out of the way, Seibold zapped the pinion nut with an impact wrench, removed the companion flange, and popped the pinion gear out..."
"Seibold begins by removing the factory pinion shim, placing it on the new gear, and sliding on a honed-out setup bearing."
"Seibold hoists the diff assembly and bearing races in place, and inserts the carrier shims necessary to achieve proper bearing preload."
"Seibold marked the ring gear in several places with gear marking compound, then rotated the assembly to check how the ring and pinion mesh up. Experienced hands got it right the first time...and now we're ready to button things up."
