I still have to play with my backlash, but I have my pinion depth dialed in, after a TON of head scratching and trials (16 that I have notes on). This gear set doesn't want to run "balanced" it seems to like to be deeper on the drive side of the gear. The coast side looks beautiful. Looking at the pinion, the pattern is nice and balanced, so I'm going with it. Since its the front axle, the coast side is the important side anyway...
0.062" pinion depth, 0.010" backlash
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And the pinion...this is something you don't see pictures of too often.
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The goal is to get the axle back under the jeep and get it rolling again. I'm heading on a 4 day trip next Friday (eep!) and need to at least get the bearings broken in. I'll be heading out for "jeep rides" as much as possible this weekend and next week.