Picked up my stuff today from UPS, the RCV tape on the box for the shafts pretty much puts that to rest. No stickers or shirt though 
Ring n Pinion sets group buy?
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Heard a birf pop while recovering a stuck friend early (4am) yesterday morning and decided it was time to install my stuff. Carl had read here that I did not receive a shirt or stickers and took the initiative to email me and send me a shirt and stickers, thanks!
Notes for others that may not have installed yet (maybe this is common knowledge). The front went flawless as well as the knuckle rebuild components and my front axle super set. A little heat and the ABS tone rings came right off and went right back on. The rear e locker does not come with new master shims. This was making it very difficult to get the backlash into spec. We tried swapping shims, moving shims, nothing. The factory master shim was too thick due to the much thicker 5.29 gearset we were installing. We were also fighting some runout, which we did track down to the stock carrier by putting it in a lathe. There was about .004 of runout and we were only able to get the backlash out to .005 without trashing the pattern by running the pinion shallower. So, .005 of backlash and a .004 high section left things VERY tight in one spot. While trueing up the carrier, we took a little more off to free up the back lash. 289k on the factory gears with that much runout isn't bad.
Notes for others that may not have installed yet (maybe this is common knowledge). The front went flawless as well as the knuckle rebuild components and my front axle super set. A little heat and the ABS tone rings came right off and went right back on. The rear e locker does not come with new master shims. This was making it very difficult to get the backlash into spec. We tried swapping shims, moving shims, nothing. The factory master shim was too thick due to the much thicker 5.29 gearset we were installing. We were also fighting some runout, which we did track down to the stock carrier by putting it in a lathe. There was about .004 of runout and we were only able to get the backlash out to .005 without trashing the pattern by running the pinion shallower. So, .005 of backlash and a .004 high section left things VERY tight in one spot. While trueing up the carrier, we took a little more off to free up the back lash. 289k on the factory gears with that much runout isn't bad.
Wish I had my 80 at the time I would have been all over this 
Is anyone going to do this again? I am ready to get some 4.88's and would love to get a discount if there is a group buy again.
