contact pattern

mopar head said
You got your answer Twice in posts 84+86 but your too hardheaded accept it. It`s ok I don`t need you to admit anything, you never will.
I truly do appreciate you helping me out but with the tone of your type it`s obvious that your quick to get all butthurt and will never help me again.
I cant find the author, but I was taking notes and wrote this paragraph down in full.
{ Decreasing pinion depth increases backlash and moves the drive pattern toward heel and coast pattern towards toe which also increases pinion bearing preload requiring shim adjustment.} Maybe he was referring to another system? If I was to draw this on paper I would conclude it would decrease preload. But wtf do I know? I have minute experience.

If I`m wrong I`ll admit it AND even apologize!

Post #86 and 88 didn't answer my question though. I asked specifically about when using a solid pinion spacer and mentioned using a crush sleeve makes a difference and never got a response (yet). I know it's true because I have physically measured it. Have you? Nevertheless it's all in the past. You say it was my tone but you need to take note of yours too. When a person posts something on the internet it's hard to tell their actual tone. Good luck with the project. Since you have no faith in my 30+ yrs. of experience I apologize for taking up space and wasting your time in your threads