and you might be just fine with the bearing slop as the front diff is in neutral most of the time..I did a lot of 44's in my time years ago and most of them wound up a little loose but they were in part-time 4x4 trucks so you really never noticed the slop..from what I could remember maybe 30tho backlash but that was 35yrs ago..the GM 14bolt corporate 3/4T+1T rear was my favorite-they had eccentrics that let you set the lash,adjusting the ring gear and carrier L/R right in the axle,no shims required
