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I actually have a 5 gallon bucket of Purple Power that I was going to use, but after evaluating the space we were working in (very little concrete with grass and shrubs surrounding) I didn't want to make a huge mess or ruin the yard seeing how it wasn't at my house. Ended up going through a lot...

Its really not that bad of a job, its a little intimidating going into it if you don't have experience working on these things. Once you start digging into it, its really quite easy. Its as time consuming as you want to make it. I took longer doing it than most people probably would because I...

I'll shoot you a PM next time we get to work on it. Might have to find a new place to do it though. We were at my father in laws because he has the flattest driveway from everyone I know, and one of his neighbors called the city and they came out and put one of the dreaded orange stickers on the...

I have a Snap-On drum brake tool: http://store.snapon.com/Brake-Spring-Tools-Tool-Brake-Spring-for-Bendix-P636110.aspx I'm pretty sure that's the one I have at least, its not directly in front of me. But I used that in conjunction with some pliers to get the springs off and on. Rusty nuts tool...

Yeah, I think I'm going to wait until it warms up before I do much else to our truck. We had a fluke warm spell after Christmas and I was off that entire week. A lot of the stuff that I was unable to get pictures of will be pretty obvious once you start taking things apart. The next time I do...

I was going to go that route, but I already had the slide hammer and the driveway we were working in was pretty narrow so I could only take one side apart at a time before having to move the truck.

Ok, I edited the original posts and it (hopefully) has everything in it. The seal I was referring to that I pried off was the grease seal that goes behind the inner bearing.

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When I got the drivers side drum off I discovered that the rear shoe had an uncomfortable amount of friction material missing, as well as the friction material starting to separate from the backing: I have no idea what caused this to happen, and I also didn't find the chunks of material in the...

Once your wheel bearings are packed and you've thoroughly cleaned and lubricated everything its time to go back together. Everything obviously goes back together the reverse of how it came apart. Make sure you pack everything with a generous amount of grease, and don't forget to use a grease gun...

As you can now see the new boot installed onto the axle housing with the inner clamp already tightened: Now from there you can reinstall the steering knuckle. It is a little bit of a pain to get the kingpin bushings and plates lined up while holding the steering knuckle centered. It can be...

After getting to this point you can remove the steering knuckle. Once again I unfortunately don't have pictures of this step. Its mostly straight forward. There are 4 bolts on the top of the knuckle and 4 on the bottom. Remove those bolts and the 2 plates (they have the grease fittings on them...

Well I was initially going to wait until I got the rear axles done and do one big write up, but its looking like its going to be a while before I'm going to be able to get to the rears. So I'm going to go ahead and do my write up for the fronts and do the rears later. I know this has been done...