In the process of regearing my 8.25 rear axle. Got the set up bearings installed on the pinion right now to determine pinion depth, just using the stock shim for now. Anyways got the backlash set at .006 and this is the pattern I got.

The drive side looks pretty centered, I was wondering if it is a little too high on the tooth?




Coast side is a little toward the heel

 

I’d run that.

 

removing my comment. Looked great first glance, Im just not sure enough to say.

 

Just for curiosity, I threw in a .005 thicker pinion shim to see what would happen, here's the result.

Backlash was .007 this time.

Drive side




Coast Side

 

better

 

in fact looks hard to beat that

 

That's what I was thinking, getting pretty good at taking the carrier in and out of the axle by now

 

Run it. I dont think you can get it any closer to perfect.

 

Good to hear, first time doing gears so wanted a second opinion before I put it back in the Jeep tomorrow.

 

Just curious, did you replace the spiders, if so, did you notice if the new gears fit really snug on the cross pin, or was there still a bit of lash?