Extremely Cheap! 5.29 gears. Motive gears OK?

Oh really? I had showed a video of it to my mechanic and he didn’t seem worried. His initial thought was that the preload would keep it tight. If I purposely try to hold the gear and spin the inner race I can get some movement, but it’s not that easy or sloppy.

 

When I was checking the preload it was on pretty tight when I was checking runout and gear pattern. It did pop out with the press but nothing like the rear.

 

Yes, that will get you the double row ball bearing. The manual indicates it’s not press fit there, just requires a little tappy tap tap.

 

Oh wow well in that case I’m not too worried. Sliding it on it reaches a little resistance in that last inch and then feels like it pushes over a hump and into place with a small amount of force. Might get an OEM roller bearing for the heck of it to try it but I think I could use this one without worrying about it. Thanks for the input guys.

 

At first I pressed it out and after that a few hard smacks with a dead blow got it out. The tappy-tap for me usually sends things flying and I have to search...

 

what do you think of this pattern?

 

@DbQC

looks a tad deep. How is your carrier backlash? Ring side carrier bearing too tight? Shoot for .007. does have a nice hamburger bun top on drive side...err on a little shallow than too deep to prevent whine.
Post a pic of the pinion pattern too.