ghunt
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Geez, you make this job sound so difficult
Actually, it is- but honestly I'm wondering why you had so much trouble with the spindles and ball joints. My truck is a lot rustier than yours, but the spindles came right off courtesy of a jack and few good whacks at the side of the knuckle. Similarly, the ball joints let go after just a handful of good whacks on a pickle fork with a 3 lb sledge.
Maybe I'm lucky The job did end up taking 2 days though because I didn't have all the correct tools when I started.
Also I wanted to do what you did- drop the carrier, to change that inner u-joint and change the gear oil, buuuut...couldn't break loose those two outer bolts on the carrier and ran out of time. Ah well maybe later on since I have pondered swapping to 3.55's at some point.
Actually, it is- but honestly I'm wondering why you had so much trouble with the spindles and ball joints. My truck is a lot rustier than yours, but the spindles came right off courtesy of a jack and few good whacks at the side of the knuckle. Similarly, the ball joints let go after just a handful of good whacks on a pickle fork with a 3 lb sledge.
Maybe I'm lucky The job did end up taking 2 days though because I didn't have all the correct tools when I started.
Also I wanted to do what you did- drop the carrier, to change that inner u-joint and change the gear oil, buuuut...couldn't break loose those two outer bolts on the carrier and ran out of time. Ah well maybe later on since I have pondered swapping to 3.55's at some point.