hi to all . i have a technical question for all the gearheads . here we go .i have a new to me 2001 type 10 ranger 4x4 . long story short trns was run out of agl fluid and ran without it until whine started to occure.trans has a high pitch whine in forward gears only . in the trans it has a omix ring and pinion set up like a car or truck . in trying to fix the whine i replaced that ring and pinion and the pinion bearing , did not fix the problem.(ouch). on further investigation the backlash is way out of range. would anyone here know if and how to set the gear depth or if it can even be done. i called polaris but they say that there are no other shims or shim kits to move the ring gear where mine needs to go. i'm just thinking that if in some way that if it running for several days with no fluid might have heated the casing and distorted it or if in fact that there are aftermarket parts to fix my problem.
   sorry for the rant but would really like to hear some suggestions on whether or not ya'll think that it it fixable or not.
   PRE THANX TO ANY AND ALL COMMENTS