Okay so today I made the first attempt at putting the VLSD into the stock/open diff. pumpkin...
After a few attempts, mallet, and a brass hammer I got in there all snug. By the look and feel of everything there seemed to be a good amount of backlash too. But after finding and using the dial indicator I found out my back lash was of by 1 1,000th so I took everything out to start over. It seems like I'll need the vlsd to be slightly more to the left to correct the back lash so I've taken my shims from both the original open diff. and VLSD diff. and measured all of their thicknesses with a micrometer. I'll be putting everything back in with a different combination of shims this time having a thicker one on the right side and a slightly thinner one on the left to get it to slightly shift the whole unit in the correct position to HOOOOOOOOOPEFULLY correct my backlash and bee within factory spec. Then I'll take some gear paint and check the pattern and if all goes well I'll have a perfectly functioning diff. without any whining and extreme wear.
