Ok, so im putting together my rear-axle. Did research on the web, found a site with a 8.8 rebuild right up. it says new bearings get 24-28 in/lbs, old bearings to 10-14 in/lbs, which seems backwards to me. Also says with ford gears you can reuse the stock pinon shim. Well pinon is meshing at the heel of the ring gear(think its the heel, outer diameter of the ring gear). I have preload sat at 25 in/lbs, is that right? Everywhere i look on the web tells me something different. Did i preload it to much and pull the gear down to much? Or am i going to have to reshim the pinon?? Any help will be appricated.