Nope. That's what the bump stops land on when the suspension is compressed.

 

funny, an axle wrap causing bump stop! hehehe

 

They sit on the leafs when the axle is in the truck... Not causing axle wrap. Go take a look at yours...

 

It's around an 8.5 hour drive one way, and with fuel prices and the cost of my time it would be cheaper to go buy a new one. It was a simple hope that he may be coming this direction in the near future.

No worries man. It was a thought. Looks like you're well on your way with the axle swap. At least the weather is on a warmish swing right now. A lot better than the nasty -20*C average we had a month ago. I had to do a few hours work on a truck outside in that and it wasn't very fun. Looks like one of the big problems you face is the snow melting all over you.

 

Working in the cold and snow is no fun,I have done it alot but anymore Its too hard for me to do.Good luck with the rest of the job.

 

way to getr done!!

 

Good work if you wait about a week it will as cold here as it is there and you can be my buddy:i con_lolsign:

 

It's probably colder for him, he's up north higher than us. BTW, I don't think I've seen you on here before. You live close to me! I'm maybe 30 minutes from Port Huron.

 

Crap we are close and I have an aquintance used to be freind that lives in NB.Been on here for a while but took a little break I had to step back for bit.BTW do you fish up here at all?

 

My brother and dad fish on lake St. Clair with our 21' hunting/fishing boat. We haven't taken it up into lake huron by you though because it's a flat bottom and waves make it too rough of a ride to want to travel any long distances. I'm not really into it though, I find fishing to be boring. I'd rather just take the boat and cruise the lake.

Regarding the axle, I replaced the rear axle pinion seal some months ago, and it's been leaking still ever since. A mechanic friend-of-the-family will charge me $75 to redo the replacement of the pinion seal, but says that it could be something else internal that's causing the leak.

I figure I'll try the cheap route (that is, just replacing the pinion seal again) and see if that's the problem and stops the leak and if it doesn't, I'll address whatever the likely big problem is.

What's the routine for replacing it though? I already know that you take the driveshaft off, remove the yoke, take out the old seal and pound in the new, but what's this about crush washers and correct torque? I replaced the seal and did the method I was shown for the torque. That is, I counted the number of threads showing, marked the bolt's position, removed it, and replaced it in the same position. SOUNDS like I did it right, right?! Then why is it leaking? !!!!!!!!