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There's no need to set anything - none of the existing pinion depth, lash, and preload are touched nor are they dependent on the bearing in question. You replace the bearing, possibly the thrust plate and put it back together. You'll want the few seals and gaskets of course and a new stack nut. Beyond basic hand tools all you need is a 35mm socket for the driven shaft stack nut, and a bearing splitter with either a press, or all-thread / H-puller, etc. Besides pulling the transmission and putting it back the whole process takes about 3-4 hours. I've done the whole job with transmission R&R in a day. There's really nothing else inside these that ever goes bad for the most part so a full "rebuild" is rarely warranted and usually means replacing just worn parts and seals anyway - which will be what I outlined above. Syncro's and the rest of the bearings will generally be fine, and if it's not popping out of gear you are unlikely to need any forks or other parts. GD

This is the last update to this post, I'll try and be more regular on here now that I'm getting more time to work on the car. I did manage to score some more NOS parts over the summer as well, important ones at that! This muffler popped up on ebay out of nowhere, so I jumped on it. It's OEM and correct for wagons, I'm stoked! I also scored these front seat belts, the rusty ones were what I was working with on my car. The shiny ones came all the way from England; they had been removed from an FF-1 in the early 80's when GB changed their seatbelt laws and required shoulder belts. The PO tucked them away in a closet for 38 years! He posted about them on Facebook, where I contacted him and made a deal. They will really bring the interior together, and are in PERFECT condition! That's all for now, I'll try and take lots of pictures of the subframe work, it'll be a bunch of work but totally worth it. Happy November!

@Crazyeights I ain’t got anymore threads up I only recently started on forums for my brat but I do got photos And in regards to my budget as of right now. I’m lookin to do this cheap as possible but if it turns out I need to somehow wish up some money I reckon I could do that.