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What you are measuring on the pinion shaft is the bearing preload, you set that preload on the spindle shaft when you torque it.
There is a procedure for checking the gear backlash but you can't do anything anyway about it, so if the gear teeth look OK I would not worry too much about that.
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A couple things, one you do not have the spindle nut locked in correctly, never re-use the locking tabs, second you have the hub upside down so I am assuming you replaced the spindle (upper) bearings, why only one race? I usually always replace bearings in sets, third did you disassemble the...
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