I think it's the 9.25 ring gear with a ratio of 3.55. The axle housing is a 'hex' shaped and not round.

I know it's hard to read the sticker. I'm just happy the mice didn't eat that as well.

(You do NOT want to see the massive nest we removed from the heater box! The whole mess fell onto the blower and open circuited the blower resistor. Sadly the 'memory' is lingering... I'll have to hose out the entire heating system to get rid of the smell....)

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The next time I get a chance, I'll take a picture of the attendant equipment you need to use the hitch. There are two arms, two chain connectors to go on the trailer and a pipe. The pipe is to let you hook the chains to the trailer and take the weight off the rear and shift it to the front. Sin the hitch is as heavy as sin, I never use it. I keep it because I might, and I use the pipe as a cheater on a small ratchet.

 

We use the jack handle as a 'cheater' all the time! (Lesson learned. Never let Walmart torque lug nuts. I had to remove the wheels after they installed the rear tires. Needed a 4' long breaker bar!!. They are now torqued to about 105ft lbs.)

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Tracking...the axles came with the 3.55 ratio as the standard and the 3.92 ratio was an option with the V8. Seems like the 3.92 ratio is better for hauling and towing.

That sounds like fun. Lots of air freshner.

 

We're going to try a trick with using vinegar. Put it into a fine mist spray bottle and run the blower on 'high' using recirc. Introduce a fine mist of vinegar and it should help neutralize the ammonia smell. Or that's the theory. I'd hate the idea of having to flush everything out the hard way. She's a bit on the stinky side.

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You can always open all the doors and windows, put the blower on high and spray Lysol into the air intake at the base of the windshield. It will clear it for a while. Until you clean the ducts, it will come back after a while.

 

Firestone tightened my lug nuts so tight, I had to replace them. 19 had warped threads and one had to be cut off. I found an equalizer hitch on Craigslist and it has the parts, minus the pipe to hook the chains.



The long bars hinge into the hitch. The chains go back to the clamps that go on the sides of the trailer tongue. There is a pipe used to pull the levers up to move the weight forward.