F 350 4WD Super Duty V10-6.8L VIN S (2004)
3. Install the special tools. Locate the tip of the Clutch Housing Gauge on a flat surface of one of the bolts.
4. NOTE: Repeat this step and the following step until the same reading appears on the indicator each time. This is the differential bearing shim
thickness necessary between the differential case and the differential bearing on the differential ring gear side of the differential case.
Force the differential case (differential ring gear) away from the drive pinion. With force still applied, set the indicator at 0.
5. Force the differential ring gear into mesh with the pinion, to obtain an indicator reading. Record the reading.
6. Remove the special tools and the differential case from the differential housing.
7. Remove the Master Bearings from the differential case.
8. Place one shim, of the necessary thickness as determined from the previous measurement, on the differential ring gear side of the differential case.
If additional shimming is necessary, beyond what the hardened differential bearing shim can provide, select and install a different thickness
outboard spacer.
