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1) Hold the pinion inside the axle housing.
2) Use a soft face hammer to remove the pinion from the axle housing.

18. Install the differential bearing caps and tighten the four bolts.

19. Rotate the differential case to ensure free rotation.
20. Install and position the Dial Indicator with Bracketry.

Note:  If the ring gear runout is within specification, the original out-of-specification runout was caused by insufficient differential bearing
preload.

21. Check and record the ring gear runout.

1) Rotate the differential case. 
2) Check and record the ring gear runout.

22. Position the differential case with the differential bearing cups in the axle housing.

23. Install the differential bearing shim on the LH side

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