for that job I would use an impact and red lock tight done in 10 minutes.
EXACTLY I don’t give a sh!t what MW says, on a shimmed pinion it will not go any tighter. Shims don’t compress! Bearings don’t compress! UNLESS there’s 500 tons on it!
Yep, but he says "Sounded like BS to me too... until I tried it." There must be places where the laws of physics don't apply.
