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I helped (read: watched) a friend when we swapped my gearsets, it was confusing as hell.
Although, I'm all about doing things yourself, read lots of write-ups, buy the tools necessary, get a friend or ask a club member in your chapter for help, and go out and do it.
If the gears are not shimmed correctly, you run a risk of breaking everything inside your diff not just the gears themselves. I would suggest something like this be done professionally if you haven't done them before.
My brother did his D30 with ARB and also his ford 8.8 with 4.56 gears for the first time over the summer. It is not hard to do, but you must be patient and take your time. Now that we know what we are doing it will be much easier in the future.
Although, I'm all about doing things yourself, read lots of write-ups, buy the tools necessary, get a friend or ask a club member in your chapter for help, and go out and do it.
Lessee..... you'll need a dial indicator (probably with a mag base,) a good micrometer, a press or some other way to seat bearings, a bearing splitter or a bridge puller, an inch-lb. torque wrench, and a gargantuan torque wrench for the pinion nut.
Dial indicator
Gear marking compound and a clean brush Calipers or a micrometer Bearing pullers
Bearing press
Three foot long breaker bar or strong impact gun
Pinion nut socket
Ring gear bolt socket
Carrier cap bolt socket
Pry bars for removing the carrier case
24 oz ball pein hammer
48 oz sledge hammer
48 oz plastic dead blow hammer
Assorted brass punches
Punch for marking carrier caps
Oil drain pan Foot pounds torque wrench Inch pounds torque wrench
List that I googled, your really gonna need what I bolded. Also, not all those tools are necessary, just a generic list.