I decided to increase the strength of the transfer case by installing a heavy duty 32 spline output shaft for the front to match the rear heavy duty 32 spline output. My good friend Paul has a nice machine shop set up in his garage and he offered his morning to help me mill the bore opening in this bearing housing. My brother who is a machinist by trade, now programs CNC machines, met us at Paul's with cutting tools, boring head, and numerous measuring devices.

After fastening the bearing housing to the table, we had to make sure that the bearing bore was on the same plane as the table and centered under the tool head.