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4.10's install MHD.....help!

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Took the plunge and got myself a Ford Racing 4.10 gear set. I have read various articles on different ways of setting the up the pinion height - the best of which i thought was the master housing dimension (as I don't have a depth gauge). My problem is the pinion is stamped with a height of 2.554" and the pinion head measures 1.868" thick (from top to bearing surface) = 4.422". This does not make sense as all the articles i've read quotes the master housing dimension as 4.415"!

The pinion head on the one I removed measures 1.880" thick and I had 0.028" shims.

Should I start by using the old shims and adding 0.012" shim to the new pinion set up so that the head thickness matches the old one?

Hope this makes sense.

Cheers
 

Mike97gt

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I have never measured pinion depth that way, but it sounds like it will work.

after you are done check the pattern with some gear marker.
 
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