contact pattern

SGBARRACUDA said
Pinion appears to far away. The shim you said that you pulled out from behind the larger race is normal. Some shimmed the bearing behind the bearing on the pinion and some times people add shims behind the race to move the pinion closer to the ring gear. It saved from pulling the bearing off the pinion and potentially damaging it.

I realize that, honestly I hav`nt a clue and can`t remember and could`nt see exactly where that piece of shim was jambed in there, I just seen a piece of metal, grabbed it with a needle nose and yanked it out. When disassembling I did`nt see any other remnants of the shim.

oldkimmer said
.......I would also say the pinion is out to far...Can u post a couple of pics of the pinion gear from where its meshing with the crown.....flip the pumpkin upside down for them.........kim.....

I think my pics may be decieving , I think the pinion is in pretty deep but is showing up as a smear instead of the bare metal marking, if you look real close, at the previous pics with larger backlash. Here is a couple pics as requested,
I`m not ignoring anyone who`s posted, and thanks for all input