Upon disassembly of my carrier assembly I found some signs of unusual wear on the inner pinion cone bearing and outer race, much pitting and wear on one side of the outer race and the roller bearings wear also worn out of shape, so much so as I was washing them with some solvent in my parts washer it literally fell apart in my hands. I had not even tried to pull the bearing from the pinion shaft at this point, so I am glad I decided to rebuild this rear-end. I am guessing the pinion preload was not set correctly the last time this rear-end was serviced.
Thanks.
Jim
