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I will save a washer for you. The Inner Harbor is sure nice now, but it was a dive back then. I worked at Monument and N. Wolfe St. You din't want to hang around there after dark. I still have fond memories of the fresh oysters and soft shell crab sandwiches with Utz potato chips washed down with a Natty Boh at the Northeast market.
Yeah, inner harbor is nice, unfortunately the rest of the city is still in pretty rough shape. Back when I was in a band, we used to play shows in Dundalk - another area that wasn't a great idea to be in at night (and we'd be stumbling around drunk at 2AM). I'm a little older, and a little less invincible now! I don't stray too far from the harbor, Canton, and Fell's Point.
@Pin_Head I have one more question for you: I was told by a buddy that simply adjusting the gear backlash on the ring hear back to within spec would screw up the contact pattern, and lead to gear whine. He said I'm better off leaving it slightly "out" at 0.011 than to dial it back in and risk messing up the contact pattern. His words were: "If you're not rebuilding it, get the pinion tightened down and run it, don't mess with the backlash." What is your take on this? If I'm just trying to tighten things up (but not go through a full dis-assembly/rebuild) do you think there would be more harm in dialing the backlash in, or leaving it where it is.
I'm sure the short answer is that I'm splitting hairs and it would probably be fine either way, but, I'm curious as to your more educated opinion (or anyone else willing to chime in).