Has anyone tried one for the 8 3/4 rear? price is nice. check it out www.ratechmfg.com

never used it but it looks cool

I know Ray Musuraca, we grew up on the same street as kids. Ray worked for Richmond for many years until starting his own company. Ray has ton's of experience and has great products. Can't go wrong with his stuff.

If he can make a differential bearing tool adjuster, that hooks up to a torque wrench, cheaper than what Randy's R&P advertises thiers for (as low as $72) I'd be interested.

The tool shown is cool but the biggest hassle is having to install & remove the rear pinion bearing w/o ruining it. I modified a "spare" bearing to slip on and at that point you can trial & error fit shims as much as anyone would want.

A pinion depth tool that reads from the rear bearing race up to the diff. bearing journals could give a reading that might determine the right shim before ANY rear bearing installation was down is what we need.

Every gear maker specifies that the contact pattern should be the final determination regardless of whether or not the pinion depth is what is etched on the pinion.

Any depth setter only saves one operation at the most.

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A pinion depth tool that reads from the rear bearing race up to the diff. bearing journals could give a reading that might determine the right shim before ANY rear bearing installation was down is what we need.

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That's basically the way the Miller SPX depth setting tool works. We bought one off eBay for significantly less than from Miller. It was brand new unused - I suspect from a closed dealership. It does all the Dana's, along with the 9 1/4, 10.5, and 11.5 AAM axles used by Mopar in the trucks. We also picked up the Miller SPX tool set to remove the carrier and pinion bearings without damaging them. I did make a slip fit bearing set for the 8 3/4 and Dana 60 - took a new set of Timkins to my local machine shop and honed them on a rod machine.

Thought I'd follow up on this. I bought one & it works well! Pattern came up nice first try. Ill try to post some pics tomorrow.Worth the money!

Good deal . I was always looking at that tool.