Between the first pattern and the current pattern, it looks better than what i see come out of ALOT of shops. You wont have issues with either pattern.
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That is great to hear. I contacted a buddy's dad who messaged his mechanic and he said something very similar. Thinking I may bring it by the offroad shop kinda close to me so I can support local, have my front bearings pressed on, and talk with their gears guy, with the axle actually being present. Thanks for the message!
We all want our Jeeps to be perfect but the reality with gears is that the “acceptable” spectrum of patterns is “acceptable” for a reason.
@hosejockey61, @DWR between the 2 (before removing .003 and after) which would you prefer? or should I land it right in the middle of those? Thanks
To be honest, your first pattern was runnable as well. It wouldn't hurt to see if you could add 1-2 thou just to see.
I agree, I like the last pics you posted a bit more for pattern though
I have a crank no start issue right now so the fun stuff has to be put on pause 
. It has fuel pressure, spark, and a new cps and nothing. These things are a royal pita lol. When I get back to the axle I will add a thou and see where it puts me!
. It has fuel pressure, spark, and a new cps and nothing. These things are a royal pita lol. When I get back to the axle I will add a thou and see where it puts me!Just went through that, the next thing to try is replacing the camshaft position sensor (aka the distributor pickup)… but first try this, I unplugged cleaned and replugged in all of the spark plug wires and the plug that goes from the ECU to the coil… fixed my issue.I have a crank no start issue right now so the fun stuff has to be put on pause
I replaced the opda and camshaft position sensor (with the good working one from my leftover engine). However, I didn't check the position before taking it out, but got it to TDC and put it in with the 2 holes lined up on the opda. I have an 04 so has a coil pack, everything is clean and gets spark! I do have a p0340, and p1391 code as well before it died on me.
edit: it does want to start, not just crank, but actually wants to start. I am going to shoot some quick start and see if it'll run. Maybe bad pressure in the fuel rail, I don't have a fuel pressure tester.
By the way I understand, no…unless it’s just a hair off. Thankfully haven’t had to deal with it myself.
Okay, I think I have a pattern that I am fully satisfied with! I added a bit to the backlash and 1 thou to the pinion depth. This is 7 thou backlash, and bearing caps fully torqued down.
Definitely felt nice to see that pattern I tried pushing it in just a hair more with 1 thou to the pinion. This is 6 thou backlash.
I think either is good. I feel good about the second last pics I posted. I am going to finish buttoning it up and hopefully, it serves me well. I appreciate all the help. Hopefully, when I do the front end it'll only take a pic or two to get it to smack on.
