Sweet! Grats on that dude, and good luck! How far are you from Albany NY. Maybe you could get me some discounted parts. ^_~

Looks like every thing is going good so far!

 

lol actually im 3 1/2 hours from NYC/ Times square...


Also i didnt mention i have to take my axle shafts to a shop for i cant pop out the u-joints....i got all the clips, but i cant make the thing budge...

 

I did my u-joints myself. I had an anvil that had a hole in it the size of the cap. I lined up the cap with the hole, then on the other side I used a metal rod and beat the living h*** out of it. I got it a part with in 10 minutes. I also used a lot of penetrating fluid. I also had a buddy holding the axle there for me. You could also take a socket that is just smaller than the cap, and beat that too.

I live an hour south of Albany, so I am about 2 and half hours from NYC. lol Where is MA do you live? I use to go to Springfeild when I was a kid to the Shriner s Hospital.

EDIT: I used the word "also" a lot.... wth. lmao

 

Im 10 minutes from Fall River


I tried penatrating fluid and the socket deal...I did in fact have my buddy helping trying to budge it, and they are basically just rusted together...looks like they are welded lol....i have the pics tomorrow...but im just going to bring the shafts to a garage and have them change it to save me a headache, and so i dont have to worry about getting them back in, this way i can do the carrier, seals, clean everything, and by that time my u-joints should be done, and i can get it back together by tomorrow night...

 

Yeah that might be best if its stuck on that bad. I might also add that my u-joint was so bad that one side came out really easy..... The other end was fine (damage wise) so it took a little longer. But it wasn't rusted at all. I bought two u-joints and only change the passenger side because the driver side has no play at all. But when it does, I have the u-joint and weird socket size that no one had and I had to buy for the axle nut. lol

 

my u-joints were fine, the pass. one have very very small play. but since im doing the seals, wheel bearings, ball joints, brakes, i ight as well just do the u-joints so i dont have to worry about it...shes got 200K on her now.

 

Yeah if you in there, better to do it then than later. I think I had 86k on my truck when I did the passenger side.

 

ok heres some pics of the job so far...the machine shop has my axle shafts and are doing my u-joints. They charged me 25 bucks to do both, which is a very good price IMO.

Im having a problem removing the carrier, i cant get it to budge, i had my buddy with me, and we used pry bars to no avail. I was thinking about getting a rope on it, andhook it to my fiancees maxima and pull it out, but i dont want the truck to fall off the jack stands...

Also im trying to get the pass. side axle seal in, and its giving me problems...It does go through the CAD side right? since thats the way the old seal punched out...Am i going to hav to get a long bar put it through the shaft/seal, with a washer n the other side and pull? (if you understood)


Well heres some pics. Ill have more later.

 

Did you unbolt the pinion shaft? That thing should just about fall out... not sure you have to, but I wonder.

 

I have the CAD housing/shaft and axle shafts out, and the four bolts that have the two brackets out....is there something im missing? Im not familier with what your asking, its my first time digging into a front end like this...but im a mechanic by choice/trade, its my passion and i want to learn as much as i can for my hopes are to open my own garage one day.



this is what the write up says on Pavementsucks.com


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Once the oil has drained out, place something under the diff that can catchthe carrier assebly if you drop it. I used a small sealed cardboard box inside a larger sealed cardboard box. Remove the 4 bearing cap bolts. They are torqued to 70lb-ft. I suggest marking the caps so that you can remember their orientation (left-right and up-down) as they are line honed with the axle tubes. I also kep the bolts in order as well.