Now take some CLEAN grease (notice how our grease can in the above pictures is ALWAYS in a plastic bag so no boogers can make their way into our tranny to make funny noises later) and put it into the race where the needle bearings go on your new (short) input shaft. We put grease in there to hold the needle bearings in place while we are putting the new shaft back in. Don't be shy with the grease! You DON'T want them falling out when you are putting the shaft back in!
