Had a fun time putting in my new gears over this last weekend and word to the wise, dont overload your pinion bearings or they will turn into sharp metal rocks and make your front end lock. I will post up the pick soon.  

This might not post but I tried..
 

and that last pic says it all. just remember that there are three fingers pointed back at you. lol. that sucks bad.  

I got pretty lucky cause it could of been way way worse. None of those chunks got into the gears and all I had to do was clean the housing and install a new bearing this time correctly.  

You are lucky. I just did the ole suck and stuff with my rear axle. I dont know if the guy who put my seal in loaded my pinion properly with a new sleeve or he forgot the locktite on the pinion but it sucked into the ring gear bound up and stuffed it through the bottom of the housing.  

hmmm, how'd I miss that one?  

Didnt notice the date on the post. Sorry to bring up old news