So I was able to feel how much play a stock configuration has using the .063 washer on the bottom of the center support and the 2 tang plastic washer on the rear planet. When setting it up with the bearing in the pocket, the shims under that bearing, and the removal of the 2 tang plastic washer, but leaving the .063 washer on the bottom of the center support obviously intact, Should I setup the center support to reaction carrier end play so that it feels like similar to stock?
Last time I checked center support to reaction carrier end play without fully assembling the piston and springs in the center support or putting in the roller clutch. When rollerized I got no end play with .035 shim and slight endplay with .030 shim... but it didn't feel like the amount of end play in a stock setup. This time with the full assembly ready to drop in piston, roller clutch and all, I get no end play from center support to reaction carrier when using .080 worth of shim, and end play when using .075 worth of shim. Interesting. I would say that 0.065 worth of shim feels closer to the level of non rollerized stock endplay.
Roller clutch is good.
What is not good is installing this sonnax no walk bushing backwards. It protrudes past the bearing. Something tells me this is why the snap ring wont go on even with a 2 tang plastic shim installed, no bearing or any other shims in the front planet, and no shims around the sonnax no walk bushing.... time to back it out a little, no? Is this why the snap ring won’t seat based on the amount you see sticking out in the pics?
What is the point of installing a no walk bushing backwards if it can walk out? For centering the bushing? Not installing it backwards of course means I would need to use the proper bearing which is different from the one being used now. Is installing backwards still your preference?
With .045" worth of shim under the bearing:
on the bench, stock washer setup no bearings or extra shims: