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I am in need of replacing, at a minimum, the pinion seal on my 34 Su8 1104. But, a bad seal may be due to a bad pinion bearing. And that can lead to, "while I'm in there..." replacing axle seals and bearings and carrier gasket, pinion gasket, and....
I have the Parts Manual with some good diagrams and parts number lists. Has anyone already gone through replacement of these seals, gaskets, bearings on one of these and have a list of modern part numbers that can be sourced at Bearings, Inc and other suppliers? And a source for gaskets for the carrier and any other gaskets.
In the old days, I could take my old bearings or seals to the helpful guy at the counter at Bearings, Inc and he would go straight to the shelves and bring back what I needed, without even looking it up or asking me what car its for.

Also, does anyone have a good shop manual procedure for rebuilding and adjusting lash, etc on the differential? It looks like this carrier uses shims to adjust clearances. But, rebuilding a rear end is not in my list of experience.