A body 8 1/4 rear axle, comes with 3.5 gears, open diff, Tacoma, WA.

I first tried setting the axle up using the 3.5 ring gear, pinion gear, and the 3.5 carrier. The ring gear ended up about 1/4 inch too far away from the pinion gear to engage. I measured the 2.2 carrier and found that it places the ring gear about 1/4 inch closer to the pinion gear. So I put the 3.5 ring gear on the 2.2 carrier and tried again. This time the ring gear was too close to the pinion gear. And yes, I did use the adjusters.

My conclusion is that the 3.5 ring gear, pinion, and carrier should be used together but there needs to be spacers added to the pinion to put it closer to the ring gear. I bought a different axle and don't want to deal with setting up the gear mesh. So I am selling this collection of parts to someone who wants to put it all together.