a few questions -

Looking at the shop manual I see a pinion nut, wash, flange and finally a retainer, holding the oil seal.

Throughout my forum search, I see mention of a crushed sleeve - but I don't see one in my assembly diagram, can anyone confirm?

Also, the replacement directions talk about oil seal and "packing" replacement. Can someone describe to me what this packing is?

And finally, does anyone have a part number for the seal should I not see one on the part I remove.

Any other gotcha's I should worry about?

Mark