this is correct^^^ but i was still assuming that this is a weekend fix till Monday when he is taking it to the mechanic

 

no i'm not taking it to a mechanici'd rather do my own work the only reason i had it at a mechanic in the first place is because i dont have the equipment to do an allignment. i think i'll just replace the boot and grease everything then drive it till it finally snaps. then replace the entire shaft. i'm just not going to romp the **** out of it in the mud

 

thats the spirit!

 

how much slop is in the joint now, if any, replace if that flys apart ull be out way more than 100 bucks

 

i'm going to clean the joint several times with diesel to make sure there is no grit in it before i grease it and put a new boot on. I havent been driving my truck at all since i got the news so its not like its getting worse day by day. Tomarrow i'm going to start cleaning it. I had to finish my rust removal project before i started on this cause i had some bare metal on my door and figured i better take care of that first. Rust is gone holes are filled and i have it painted. Just need to wet sand it now.

 

well yall are going to have to forget the front axel replacement tutorial. My CV was completly shot so i just replaced the whole thing. I started snapping pictures but then I broke off a bolt. and i needed some tools that i didnt have so i had to go buy them and the camera was just getting in the way. The good news is my truck is back on the road with a brand new front end. whole job took 7 hours with the luck i had.

 

wow! thats a long time...but atleast you have the pride that you did it yourself, and that you spent 100 buc ks instead of 600...

next time it will take ya 2 hours or so i would venture to guess!

 

yea assuming luck was on his side and he didnt break any more bolts or anything like that