Oh man. Bought some new leaf springs, but can't get them installed. These bolts holding the old leaf in are a pain. Couldn't even get it with a bfh. All I did was dent the end of the rebar I was using to hit the end of the bolt with. Tried to cut them out with reciprocating saw. Ruined the blade...
Well there's yer problem right there... I said from the start of believed it was a pinion bearing.
Everything else seemed ok. Gears look good, spiders I'm not 100%, but no obvious chunks out. I'll hold off on spiders till I replace with a posi or locker. Either way I could change them without...
The link wasn't working properly. But I found what you were doing me to.
However, in order to get a kit before this weekend, my choices were limited. Local gear shop only carried motive kits, and they are seriously acting like snobs. So I'm going to pick up...
Nevermind! Shop thinks it's a rear bearing of some sort. Wants $850 to replace all the bearings. Yeeeeahhhh, no.
Anyone know a good rebuild kit? Not going to have time to get a 14 by the time we need this.
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Shop test drove it, says the rear noise is brake related. Says the front diff has some bearing problems. They are going to put it on the rack tomorrow to make sure. Ballpark is $1000 for reman front diff installed. [emoji15]
Is there any way to disconnect the front and drive 2wd?
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