I was just looking at the housing end and began wondering where the slack could be coming from. The ford end retains the axle by capturing the bearing within the housing end. If you have play in the system it can only be coming from three possible locations; internal to the bearing, between the bearing and axle, or between the bearing and housing. Due to the extremely tight fit of the bearing and axle, we can be relatively certain it's not coming from there. One would hope that the bearings don't have enough lateral play to cause pad knock. That leaves extra space in the axle end as my logical first place to look.
It could be possible that there's extra "slack" space next to your bearing, when your retainer is bolted down. If this truly is the case, I would imagine one could fab up a shim to be sandwiched in your housing end along side your bearing. Very similar to how you would shim a carrier when setting up a set of gears.
This isn't anything I've measured as of yet. I'm just throwing out ideas.
Do you happen to know which ford ends you have? I have heard that Moser does actually sell a few different types. Some which leave the bearing ends slightly outside the housing end (standard ford), and others that leave the bearing flush to the surface.
Also, what brakes are you currently using?
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