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installing 3.90 and mini-spool this weekend...

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Emerald92GT

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this is my first time doing this, and i bought an open carrier for the mini-spool, shims, crush sleeve, pinion seal and nut, ring gear bolts, bearings and seals. I've got a dial indicator, in/lb and ft/lb tq wrenches, then i need to get the gear paint and fluid. Is there anything else i need? I'm a student at UTI so i feel fairly confident, i just dont want to get started then have some suprise stop me. Is there a good write up any where for this procedure. Any feed back is appreciated. I'm goin to byron dragstrip on the 17, hopefully i'll improve on my 14.7 lol.
 
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I just wanted to mention that the inch pound torque wrench should be a needle type. Because it's a rolling torque setting. Good luck I did mine last year. It's not that bad as long as you have access to a press. Just in case you need to add or subtract shims on the pinion gear to get the correct pattern.
 
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