That's what I would assume as well, but I did try building it with the washer installed between the seal and E clip. When I did this, I noticed there was zero play on that shaft and a fair bit of friction when I rotate the shaft by hand. It didn't seem right.
Also, I was thinking that the reason for assembling it as shown on the drawing could be because the center diff has the combined load of both front and rear diffs and that Durango felt it was nessecary to add that washer to make sure the bevel gears are squeezed extra tight in the diff so they don't strip.
It would be nice to have someone from the team comment on this.
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