I'll come out and say it, I was pulling your leg.. just didn't think it would go this far, sorry buddy <3 LOL it'll teach yah not to open other people GBs :P .
There was no misalignment, and the Shim job was flawless for a warped gear box (realistically took 15-20 miuntes, the rest of the 2-3 hours was spent playing xbox and smoking twisty ended cigarettes
, while socializing)
The axle was in the both Bushings...
as for shims, different Outside diameter shims were used, but very little, when they were used, the Max thickness was no greater than .005 and were used as the closest shim to the bushings..
It's a simple case of the spring tension being far to great for stock gears (spring was swapped out).. no more no less...
Everyone can Sleep well on ASC tonight