+1 on the new bearings and shims if your going to use your internals with a new housing but don't jump to go buy a new differential. Your diff is probably not in that bad of shape if you've never had any sounds or problems coming out of it yet. And even if you get a new axel housing, your probably looking to spend quite a few buckaroos on the install if you don't do it yourself. And even then, you'll still just have a 9.25 rear end which is not worth the 500-1000 dollar install cost...

I have this axel as spare parts so I'm not going to try and rip you off if you need it. Something to cover shipping and like 50 bucks for it would be enough if you really needed it. Only thing about it is that I'd have to give it a good inspection and send you some pics before I send it so you know what you get. I got it for free from my Mom's shop a while ago off a random Dodge that got a new rear end so I'm not sure of the condition or how many miles are on it... Don't think that this is the best thing for you just yet. Shipping on something 6 feet wide, and 200lbs aint very cheap when it's going across the country (California to Maine) with fuel costs these days. Look for something local and more then anything, DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR REAR END JUST YET. The housing on your rear end is probably still good. The way I see it, the housing is much stronger than your limited slip setup that started to come apart so it's not likely, at least for me, to see the housing fall apart because of a worn limited slip setup scratching away at the housing. Another thing, if the carrier still sits on a nice smooth surface like that picture seems to imply, no problems there so long as tolerances are properly set.

Did you have some veteran with experience from across the street take a look to see if you can just clean up your old diff, throw some bearings in there, some super thick lube and go with it for a while? I would try to salvage what you have before making any decision because it might take a while for you to piece everything together for a reasonable price.

The picture you sent out doesn't show too much detail and since I can't see anything chipped, cracked, damaged, etc, I can't say much except for that it looks ok.

And yes, if you make it an open diff with new bearings, a good cleanup, and possibly some seals you can most likely roll with it so long as you don't abuse it.

 

My oh My... 6 pages already. Anybody want to make a betting pool on how long this thread will be? I got five on it. That's worth alot these days. You can get about a gallon of Diesel plus a stick of gum for that much!

 

Uh, this is so stressful. I mean, I have no idea if in fact that housing is messed up or not. And those ***gots across the street know that my truck is at the mechanics shop. Apparently my mechanics called them a couple of times looking for part prices. When I called the offroad place, he was just being a ***got. I asked him if it was possible that a broken LSD could destroy the housing, and he was just like ....YUP. Being a really dick****. So I don't even want to bring it to them now because he's being a dick about it. And these guys are ****ing got my truck all apart on me because that pos lsd fell apart. I mean, he's telling me I need a new housing. So slomojo, can you get me an estimate what it's going to be to get that rear axle from you? I don't really know any other options. And I'll take a peak at those other axles that were given to me here as well. It's just tough justifying this when I don't know what's true or not. If that housing is messed up, then I don't want to just try and throw my parts back into it and make it an open carrier either though. If it is infact messed up badly, then that makes me sick too. It just makes sense to me to buy a cheap 9.25 and then just rebuild what needs to be rebuilt. But I need something that is going to give me enough cap room to rebuild. So I guess I'm banking on slomojo to give me a really good deal on this axle because I am dead to the bone screwed right now..

 

LOL at you. Burnouts are good for you. Beat it until it breaks, and then do it again. Another part bites the dust.

 

This thread should be killed...I feel bad but with your luck just sell the thing.

Go out and get a stock reg cab long bed truck and make your family happy.

Know when you are beat and cut the lost. I had to do that on more than 1 rig.

Not trying to be a dick but it just does not take a rocket scientist to know when to quit.

 

Indy, why don't you just do everyone a favor and go kill yourself or something? You aint got nothing better to do then make someone in a bad situation feel like it's worse then it is? go work on your own dumbass life if you wanna f*** around, otherwise, keep your big ugly stupid dumbf*($[sm=exactly.gif] mouth shut.

 

Idiot, you do realize that this truck had 98,000 miles on it before I bought it right? It has 106,000. Stop acting like I caused all of the damage moron. Everything that I've had to replace on this truck was because of the previous owner. Anthing I have ever done to this truck has been a cupcake to what the dumbass goober who owned it before me (rusted doors, broken hood, dents, no trackbar, bad transmission, torn rear end)....yet you would like to assume that a few burnouts I did caused ALL OF THIS. Stop talking about **** you know nothing about poptart.

 

It is too early to get rid of this truck, I just took a loan out for a new transmission. Yes, getting rid of it at sompoint makes sense, but not right now. Maybe in a year or two. I plan to fix this rear end and then just drive the truck. If it does good from there, great, and if it doesn't, then that will be the appropriate time to part ways. It's just way too early in the game to dish away a $10,000 truck with a brand new transmission. I at least want the truck in my possession that I'm actively dishing money out with. I think people misunderstand me. I love speed, but I really do not speed in this truck often. Every once and awhile my instincts take over and I'll partake in a little power race, and that's it. Just like every now and then some guys will take their rig through the woods and scratch up their paint or bust a few things, same differance. I am responsible truck owner. I take care of my truck beyond your beliefs. If I'm not in school or working, or with a lady, I'm in the truck sparkling her up, or doing something nice for it. I've come this far turning this truck around, I'm not stoppping. I'm sure you guys can understand the frustration I'm going through though, so don't just assume I'm going to get rid of my ram. I don't really sure how it could get any worse than this...

 

Yeah but the thing is in 2 years if you want to get rid of it you will probably really be in super deep money wise. Then you have a truck worth 6k because it's older and have 10k worth of stuff in it. I'm just using this as an example as I don't know what the exact numbers will be in 2 years. What we are saying is if you get out of it now your truck is still worth what it is now it will only go down in those 2 years plus you cut your losses on a $4,000 transmission. In 2 years you will probably have a lot more into it than just the $4000 transmission so you will be loosing a lot more. Plus lose what your truck has lost in value over the 2 years. As I said I have around $8000 into mine in these last round of repairs and things. I wont get that back if I sell it. Would have been much better off to cut my losses before I dumped all that money into it.







I still say go across the street and just ask the guys if they can come look at it. They are probably ticked off that you didn't bring it to them first is probably why they are being like that. Maybe they will still look at it for you maybe not but I'd go ask them to come look at is as guys at a offroad shop that does this kind of stuff probably knows more than a small shop that does everything. Or spend the $100 to tow it somewhere else to have them check. $100 for towing isnt a ton of money on something this expensive. You don't know what you are looking at so he can tell you it needs anything he wants to tell you and you will replace it. You need to get 2 opinions on this or get someone that knows what they are doing and that you know for sure wont rip you off to look at it. It's super hard to see from that picture any damage. Did it actually have damage? Did you see it or did he just tell you that? You can't see any in that picture.

 

Well on the C chaped piece that lies on the passenger side axle, there is a big hunk cut out of it. He told me the bearings and the carrier won't lie true with it like that. He says if I ever got stuck or hit it too hard, it could fall out of place and mess everything up all over again.

I mean what the hell am I going to do if I sell the truck though. I don't want to be paying for a loan with a truck I don't even have. That just seems retarded to me. It would have made sense to sell it before the transmission, but not anymore. Do you think I could get a Ford dealership to take my truck in for like an '02 F-250? With no money down? If I gave them my truck they should hand me a truck, that truck is worth at least $11,000 after the rear end. It has everything working on it, and is perfect condition. But I couldn't bare getting a new truck and then paying a loan on something that I don;t even have anymore, just seems stupid.

Anyways, the offroad guys arent going to come over. That would be terrible if they went into another person's shop. The shop isn't going to let them come over. And I cant even bring it to them, they are literally right across the street, so I couldn't even lie about it god damnit. Anyways, I don't know. I don't think there stretching the truth about the housing. That big gash in that C shaped object looked to be substantial. But then again, who am I to judge?? So slomojo, can you get me a quote together what it will be to send me that 9.25 rear axle???