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Everyone in here can just chill out!

There have been torsens that have just dropped in, and there are those that needed shims!!

There is NO diff that can just be inserted without shims as that is the only way to center the diff and set the preload on the bearings.
The reason the torsen has sometimes just dropped in is that the stock diff the torsen is replacing was already shimmed into place and sometimes when the bearings have pressed on to the new diff you can get lucky that it sits in the right spot.

Otherwise, no shims is a myth. It needs to be measured.