Are all output bearing retainers alike?
They differ. Here is an explanation: -There are some differences in rear output bearing retainers. In looking things over I thought I had messsed up something and covered over the hole in the casting for the oil feed. Taking it apart I found that the one I was using has a much smaller hole that the shims or the other retainer I have. I don’t think it’s an issue as this is at the bottom of the xfer so there will be plenty of oil in this area, just something to file away. By the way, the one with the small hole came from an xfer w/out an e-brake and the one with the larger hole came with an e-brake. -I didn’t use the gasket for the rear bearing retainer. With all of the shims I doubt that it would make much of a difference. I relied rather on the use of head gasket sealer between all of the shims, we’ll see — I may be pulling out the RTV if this area starts to leak. I also found that getting the shaft endplay set right was quite a chore, it’s best left until you have time and patience.
