You shouldn't need the inch lb. torque wrench anymore since you have the pinion bearing preload set. Any pinion depth shims you put in or take out won't affect the preload. That's solely determined by the spacer between the bearings.
OK you just confused the crap out of me with that statement.
I still need it cause I been using the old nut and left out the seal untill it`s determined I don`t need to reshim or not.
Maybe I went about this thing completely wrong, maybe I should explain the whole process I took to set this thing up?
