[Jac Mac]

Be very careful should you attempt to remove the pinion & bearing carrier while leaving the Ring Gear & Head assy in situ, some ratios-not all- due to design/shape of the pinion teeth start to bind on the ring gear tooth profile just as the pinion is about to clear the tail bearing...this usually results in a small chip breaking off one of the pinion teeth... better to remove the whole diff head assy, and remove the ring gear first or at least move the ring gear out of mesh, thats the way it was designed to be done, sorry I cannot remember which ratios are the culprits...only the sinking feeling in my gut when it happened...