Swapped 8 3/4" pigs, now axles won't seat fully?

okay so I just learned about the wonderful crush sleeve dilemma with replacing the pinion seal on the 489 cases. Now my question is, how many of you guys have gotten away with re using the old crush sleeve and just torquing the pinion nut back on?I would think as long as it's torqued to slightly less than the amount needed to crush the sleeve it should go back together with the same bearing preload