Wheel bearing upgrade
It's entirely possible that those bearings actually WANT that axle stub in there, to hold the bearing together...... and without it, they self-destruct in pretty short order. If you don't see yourself fixing the front diff any time soon,, I would be real tempted to extract the outer CV joints from the axles, and just install them, so you have something to put that nut on.....
that could be it, I’ll have the parts in for the diff and new CVs next week. I hope you’re right because the constant repairs are getting ridiculous at this point







