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Here I am, back after almost 4 years, 20 pounds lighter and now past 70 (turned 71 two weeks ago), coming back from a Lyme's disease diagnosis. Had one pretty bad year, but with a Chinese medicine specialist naturopath, not doing too badly now. Still no four wheel drive, but I am...

I found a web page that said there are two forms of transfer cases: top shift and forward shift. The top shift it says in trucks with bucket seats and the forward shift is in the bench seat models. The '87 junker/project truck I'm going to see has buckets but it comes with an extra trans and...

I got the new bearing in and the diff is back on the job. There's another issue now. I heard bad noises when I was stuck in 4WD on that steep driveway, trying to get it into 2WD. I am thinking I broke a tooth off a gear in the transfer case. When I had it in 4WD, it did okay under a light...

That's a problem all right. I'm thinking they could strap a skate board under each front tire.

From the scrap iron pile, all of it. Being as how I'm not a pro in a shop, hopefully this will be used only once for my needs. I will be happy to return it to the scrap pile to wait for its next incarnation. You might submit this: If I were fabricating one, I would have simply used a piece...

The guy used the collar-like Proto with a puller that hooked the outside edges. If he'd had the bolts it was set up to take, I think it would have had a better chance. As it was, those two bolts that pulled it together were bowing dangerously. I saw that tool in a Proto set online selling for...

I found the name of the tool we tried and failed with was a "bearing separator." It was indeed going to fail before that cone race moved down that shaft. I was advised yesterday to try to break the race with a chisel. That was not working well either, and my hands took quite a beating in the...

I think I found out what a choke collar is today. It was part of a big Proto puller set that grabbed on behind the race. I had pulled the shaft out of the freezer and driven 3 miles with it wrapped in a towel to keep in the cold. We tightened the puller so tight that the bolts holding the...

I don't guess I know what a "choke collar" is. Are you talking about the race on the shaft or the one in the carrier? I got the cup race out with fairly light tapping with a punch, working steadily around the race. I tried heat on the cone race but it wouldn't let go. I have the pinion shaft...

Today I built the phantom diff. I used my makeshift slide hammer as the basis for the dummy diff by making it bolt up to both the right and left drive shaft flanges with a couple bars in between the two. I ran a heavy angle iron welded across the two bars to the front diff shock mount bracket...

Thanks, the garage sale winch was a built up mount added to a fold-up tow bar mount that someone welded solidly to both sides of the frame. I ditched the tow-bar and cut away some severely rusted through bumper and some of that tow bar mount. I did about ten fittings to get it to sit in there...

Here's some pics showing the lumber rack, winch, and Accord buckets I have added.

Thanks for these follow-ups. I live out in the boonies and far from towns with junk yards. I really want to get inside that diff and see the situation before I buy anything. If it's just the pinion shaft bearing, then that, and some new seals, is all I will want. If my worst case is the...

What if the hubs are unlocked and I made a part, like a piece of tubing with a flange welded to both ends that connect the axle flanges together and is stabilized to the those hanger mounts? Sort of a phantom differential? It would be an easy thing to make.

Thanks for the reply. It's an '86. I was lying on the ground under it today, just trying to see what I might do there. It looks like I might be able to unbolt the flanges that connect to the independent front suspended wheels. I could pull the front driveshaft and maybe that crossmember...