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There is absolutely no room between the bearing race and the back of the pinion. Unless I need to destroy my new bearing to get to the inside lip... 
You are going to destroy the bearing even with that plate , buy a new bearing . I have honed out bearings with a flapper wheel so I could make a test bearing , you'll need about 5 of those wheels to do the job, do it if you think you'll be doing this more than once.
Or you can put the pinion in a drill press or a lathe and polish the shaft where the bearing goes till you can just get the bearing to slide on and get it off by hand , I saw that in a tape I got from Richmond on how to set up rear gears .
Last edited by Johnahah; 03/23/09 09:46 AM.
