Hey guys. New here, hope all is well with everyone. I absolutely need some advice. I just replaced almost everything in my rear diff. I replaced carrier bearings and races, pinion bearings and races, new axles with bearings and seals, pinion seal and the triple lip adapter seal on the yoke. I'm not exactly sure what this diff. came out of but I know that is a GM 8.625 with a 41 spline ring gear and a 12 spline pinion gear and they are both 5 cut gears. I use the original opinion shim because I did not replace the pinion and the ring gear they were in great shape. The reason for doing all this was because I bent an axle and wanted to keep everything from failing. Now I'm at the point where I'm checking gear mesh and I'm not sure about the pattern at all it looks strange to me. I set rotational force on the pinion at 19 inch pounds and installed carrier. shimmed it up good and snug and back lash is at .008. I may be overthinking my pattern but not sure. Any advice is appreciated! TY in advance.



2000 Chevy Silverado 1500 Ext. Cab 4 door, 143.5 WB, 6.5' Bed, 2WD, 5.3L Vortec swapped - shorty headers, EGR delete, 05 Yukon intake swap, 862 heads, 80 lb. Injectors, BTR Low-lift cam with springs etc, perf. Oil and fuel pump, MSD ignition, Tuned, automatic 4L60E tranny.