Charles; Assemble the pinion with motor oil. Install yoke and tighten nut. You can use a 2 or 3 foot pipe wrench over the yoke and put the wrench handle over a leaf spring. Then use a 3/4'' drive set to tighten the nut. [Less springy than 1/2'']. Preload of pinion = 10 INCH pounds using old bearings, 20 - 35 inlb using new bearings. The original pinion bearing cone spacer might be ok to use if the stamped numbers on the end of the pinion gears are close [+1 vs +3 good enough ?]