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I got to tell you that pulling the carrier bearings had me puzzled for a little while. I was trying to figure out a way to use my two claw puller, but with no center to pull against I was stumped. I ended up using a 32mm socket and found a thick washer to use on top of the square hole. Then my impact gun made short work of it. This morning I had to walk away and think about it or think about where I could take it for help. Seemed like an all day process, but now it's done. I also have the pinion ready to go back in - maybe tomorrow.

Still trying to find where I can buy some pinion shims. I have the two original shims and don't really know if I'll need more or not. I've read to go with my original two shims and add a 0.010" shim to start. I think I'm going to just start with the two I have and look at the contact pattern and see if I need to add or not. Once started on the process, I don't like to stop and wait days for parts. Oh well, let's see how it goes. I did look in the box for any shims that may have come with the 3.55 kit from Patrick's, but I didn't see any.