Setting up gears in an 8-3/4

Thanks for the link bustedknuckles. It has a bunch of good info. Just wish they were doing an 8-3/4 but at least the same principals apply. I see it says even backlash affects the pattern to a degree. I figured it might but wasn't sure how. I didn't read the whole article because it's so long and I don't have alot of time tonight so I saved it and will read it through when I get a chance.

I worked on it more today and got it alot closer but it seems when I shim far enough to get the coast side close to center the drive side moves off center quite a bit. I talked to a buddy that has set quite a few of them up and am going to take it by his place tomorrow and see what he thinks.

Here's some pics I did today that shows how shimming affects it.

The first 4 pics are with a .097 shim which is .005 thicker than the ones used in the previous pics I posted. As you can see the drive side looks spot on (pretty much the way it looked with a .0925 shim) but the coast side is still way towards the toe.

The next 4 pics are with a .107 shim (.010 thicker). You can see now the coast side is pretty close but the drive side has moved too far off center in my opinion but I'm no guru so that's why I'm taking it by my buds to see what he thinks.

I'll post back here tomorrow eve. what he thinks.

Thanks for all the replies. Tracy