Recent content by OddballJ

I've put down a roll and a half of P&S so far, and so far so good :)

That's awesome! I'll be heading to lowes to try to find this stuff later this afternoon :)

how's the smell? my readings lead me to believe that the asphalt based peel and seal will stink in the heat...

I'm having a hard time finding the 2 bolts that the rod goes into, but I'm going to stop by advance soon and see if they have a wheel puller.

any chance this solved the problem? Have the same problem and not crazy about leaving a key in the ignition. How does one access that rod?

is it possible that this could cause it to not go into the off position? It's happened to me a few times now. They key gets stuck in the on position and I can't get it to release and turn off. I finally had to shut the truck down by removing the pink wire going to the IP and then...

Is all that stuff to service the axle or to replace the parts that I messed up by swapping out the yoke? I have a few non-truck related projects to do today but plan to work on it tomorrow. Thank you for the telephone number. I may call tomorrow :)

Sadly it's not an issue of desire, but rather necessity. Funds and time are running very short before I'm supposed to be back at school for the fall. I have yet to complete even a simple job on this truck within an hour and I don't see this being the first. I'm wondering if I can drive it...

And, uh, what happens if I don't do all that stuff? Am I looking at a lifespan reduction or potential catastrophic failure?

...Any chance I can just pretend I didn't read all that? aua

Thanks guys. I thought I'd start by trying to clean out the holes, so I took a pressure washer to it. Nothing. Still acting like the holes are the wrong size. Then I thought I'd try to take the yoke off. Put both tires on, dropped it off the jack stands, locked the hubs, and bashed my knuckles...

I've run into a problem trying to reconnect the drive shaft. The yoke of the new axle has 4 holes for the u joint strap kit, and I can't get the bolts turned in them. It seems to flatten the threads of the bolts if I try to force it. So I either need idea's of how to clean it out, or advice...

Thanks recovry. If nothing else I'm learning lots. I just wish I could drive the blasted thing from time to time...

finally forked that part off, totally destroyed the ball joint I think. Axle 1 is completely removed. Axle 2 is now underneath the truck and needs to be connected. I'm going to need a few new parts to replaces the ones that were in bad shape on the new axle (and a few things like new brake...

As it turns out, that nut had been completely stripped and was just being held on there by the good threads above it. I wedged a falthead screwdriver under it and turned it while that was wedged and it caught new threads and came off. Now I still need to figure out how to get that joint apart...