I am not trying to pick a fight as I have successfully changed many pinion seals without replacing the crush sleve. Why do so many manuals say they must be replaced if they hold their adjustment? I prefer the eliminator but that is only my opinion.
You can't re set a preload that is already set, unless you either remove it correctly or add a .005 or so shim beneath the bearing and re-set the preload, which won't be done correctly if the entire assembly isn't apart and done right anyway.
So the issue is if you use a crush sleeve over then you need to have paid attention before you even put the socket on the pin nut.
They do not change when they're installed, the solid adds no strength, it doesn't make anything better.
If you have a crush sleeve you need to take the nut off and put a new one back on EXACTLY how many times it took to remove plus 2 degrees, then there is no problem.
But everyone instantly starts taking things apart and end up with a problem.