Somehow I've become the designated wrench at work. Since most of the guys that work in our office and live in LA can't afford to be in a place with a garage, they come to me.

 And if they have a garage but have a task they can't accomplish with their tools, they come to me. And, as it turns out there isn't much I can't fix, rebuild, weld, fabricate, or rig back together. I've welded seat belt mounts to a rollcage and replaced the spider gears in a GM 10-bolt for one of the ad guys, I've changed the gear ratio in a Ford 9-inch and done various welding jobs for Jp's Art director, built and installed a Dana 44 rear axle in a freelancer's Jeepster that Trasborg ended up buying 6 years later, and lots more. So this job was pretty easy. All I had to do was slam home an inner pinion bearing on a Dana 50 pinion. It only took a couple minutes but it gave me the chance to see the difference between a Dana 44 and Dana 50 pinion. Interestingly, there isn't much difference at all. But the Dana 44 has a larger inner pinion bearing. It makes sense since the Dana 50 is a high-pinion front axle that loads the outer bearing more than the inner. And rightfully so, the Dana 50 has a larger outer pinion bearing than the Dana 44 low-pinion. I guess I like to investigate these little bits of info when working on things.