[john walker's workshop]

the shafts are turned lock to lock and then you split the difference. just an eyeball and feel thing. the forks and shift sleeves are centered between 1 and 2, and 3 and 4 gearsets, and the clamped on cast piece is positioned fairly close to the other shaft, like 3mm or so. be sure to stack the 5th gear bearing race, thrust washers and 5/rev hub on the pinion shaft and snug up the big nut before doing any adjustments. then there's the detents in the diff housing and intermediate housing to pay attention to on reassembly. these are NOT the two detents under the outer bolts on the side of the diff housing. the two detents under the bolts also need to be in place when you do the adjustments.