Yeah, I like the way that it turned out. Both my drive and coast sides are an in an oval shape and catered within the flank and root of the gear all while maintaining 7 thou backlash. I really appreciate you sharing all of your knowledge and helping me with my rebuild!
One thing you may want to take note of Big Blue, When you are doing the final install, once the crush sleeve has started to crush, any minor tightening of the nut will increase the pinion preload a lot. For example, I measure my preload and it was at 2" pound, I tightened the nut 1/8 of a turn and it went to 29" pound which is beyond spec. Needless to say, I had to take it all apart again and go buy a new crush sleeve from Gm for a whopping $30!
Jo-eL