No, well kinda. I put the shims in between the bearing on the diff cup and the diff cup itself. Then on the other side of the diff they are on the ring gear, before i put the bearing on. In other words, all the shims are on the outside of the diff. I followed instructions on the thread "how to shim diff gears for the savage" a thread posted on these forums. I was thinking that the shims installed this way would pull the diff gears apart just a tad, leaving enough play for the bevels to strip, but surely someone would of had this problem before me. Unless, that is, i'm put the shims in the wrong place.....