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Old 08-10-2020, 04:31 PM   #1
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A little progress on the rear end

I posted here a few weeks ago about a parts list for rebuilding my rear end. I had the passenger side axle seal leak on my first drive out after completely finishing my front end (minus cracking into the axle housing). To my wife's dismay, I went ahead and took the entire rear end apart. As of now, I have the leaf springs cleaned up and painted with new poly bushings. I'm still waiting on new rear shackles that are supposed to be in today from ORD.

This morning, I started on taking apart the axle housing. Take a look at what's left of the pinion shim and the inner pinion bearing. I don't know how this thing wasn't making a ton of noise going down the road - keep in mind, I only tore this apart because I wanted to, not because I thought i needed to... but now I'm glad as hell I did!

Edit - Sorry, I don't know why the pictures are so gigantic

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Old 08-10-2020, 04:39 PM   #2
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Old 08-11-2020, 09:36 AM   #3
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Re: A little progress on the rear end

pictures are too big
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Old 08-15-2020, 02:15 PM   #4
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Re: A little progress on the rear end

Resized them for you...

Looks like normal high mileage wear to me...
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Old 08-15-2020, 02:18 PM   #6
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Thank you for that... I couldn't figure out how to resize.

I guess it's comforting that it's normal wear... I was worried that it had been ready to blow up.
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Old 08-20-2020, 04:17 PM   #7
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pictures are too big
No apology necessary, Dleslie. The big pictures were great, shows the detail. Plus, nevermind that you already called it out...
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