Shim Availability
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Toronto Ontario
Shim Availability
It's a long shot, but does anyone know if there is another source other than the dealer for the shims used to preload the differential bearings? It would be nice if someone sold an assortment pack, so you'd be assured of being able to make the right stack without having to stop and special order individual shims. 
This is what I'm talking about:
This is what I'm talking about:
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
Those are a precious commodity! Unless you have diff cores laying around, I don't know any vendor/company selling those other than GM. Ask me how I know......
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Melting Slicks
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From: Frederick Maryland
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
I get all my trans/diff parts from RPM. Rodney would part with most things he has around the shop but NOT the side shims! LOL. I also have called, emailed most of the diff companies I could find on the net and they do not have any. So 2 sources, cores or GM.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Toronto Ontario
GM wants about $4.50 a pop, so I guess I measure twice, then special order. Thanks for the replies!
Edit: Solid answers are also accepted.
Last edited by Its_Go_Time; Jan 19, 2010 at 09:36 PM.
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