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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...

Is it possible to drop the front diff out without tearing down the whole front end? I need to get this done before the rains come.

You seem to be right. Hard to get a rise out of anyone here. I'm trying to take my front diff out and need to know what that requires. My last post in "Powertain Tech" hasn't been touched. I thought this would be a good site to find help, but I guess everyone is off fishing.

The front was locked up, ring and pinion-wise. The spiders turned free and rotation of one side's wheel produced reverse rotation on the other side. While I was bolting the front driveline back to the flange on the diff, for some reason I reached over and tried turning the drain plug with my...

Got the front driveline disconnected from the front diff. The transfer case is nice and free. Now I'm going to jack up the front and see what can turn when the hubs are locked.

At last, a reply. Thanks, jazz. Well, I had to use the truck today to go on a hundred mile round trip to get some various building materials. I was trusting that 2WD would continue to serve. I loaded the rack with plywood and the bed with pier block and insulation, two weeks worth of...