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Originally Posted by 97 SL320
Yes, when going " by the book " however the gear variation is slight. In a shop I worked at, we would take internals from a older model and install them into a newer housing. Keeping the housings shim always worked.
From what I recall, the gears were not marked for variation or any paint marking was long gone by the time we took things apart.
Possible, I didn't do a complete fact check.
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It definitely would be a lot safer keeping the shims with the case over keeping the shims with the pinion as the case variation will be much more significant. But if you keep track of what was originally in the case and the new pinion that is going back into the case, you can up your chances of success. The pinions are laser etched see the + 08 in the picture.