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Rear gear swap...What holds carrier shims?

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  • Start date Start date May 20, 2010

OrangeMustangGt

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I am doing a gear swap on a 8.8 rear.

when I was installing my carrier, i broke the stock thick carrier shim!

That shim was wide enough to be covered by the carrier main caps so it could not come out.

now to get the correct thickness, I had to stack a bunch of steel shims.

The way I see it, there is nothing holding the shims back into their pocket now, should I be worried?
 

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Supposedly Ford does make them but I have never seen a number. The bearing cap should hold that stack of shims in place.
 

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