8 1/4 axle inspection.

More Cosmic thoughts.

Using a crush sleeve Eliminator you set the pinion preload at approximately 12 to 15 inch pounds of rotating Force. That is of course with no seal installed when you're doing the setting up.
You need a dial indicator to set your backlash for your ring and pinion. This is where the tools that you make for the sides come into play once you get that backlash to around .006 and you start tightening the side Adjusters as you check your backlash and it has creeped out to eight or ten thousands then you would go and tighten the side the ring gear is on first as your turning on this side to bring the lash down.
So in other words you can adjust that backlash as your torquing the side adjusters down just by going to whichever side you need to adjust it looser or tighter.