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The rear pinion yoke has a ton of play in it. It looks as if it's about to fall out of the rear end. I never noticed it and it never made any noise. I'm hoping the bolt just backed off and I can tighten it up. Apparently it's not uncommon with the 10.25" and heavy towing.
If your rear pinion goes out what is your plan? Axle upgrade or a rebuild?
Upgrade to a 10.50" if I can find one. But I have done a bunch of reading and it most likely just backed the bolt out. If it will tighten up most of the way but I'm still not happy with it then it should make it through the winter and I will decide what I want to do in the Spring.
I would be glad if it would just tighten up. I would leave it as the rear end is solid other than the pinion being loose.
My temporary 10" air cleaner. The engine spends most of it's time at 25% throttle or less and at less than 2200RPM. So the flow of this air cleaner will be enough for now.
Thank fuck... The nut was just loose. Going to put a seal in it though as it's leaking like a son of a bitch. Some of what appears to be leaking is PB Blaster from the U-Joint nuts.
I can turn the nut with my finger. Just what I wanted to find.
Thank fuck... The nut was just loose. Going to put a seal in it though as it's leaking like a son of a bitch. Some of what appears to be leaking is PB Blaster from the U-Joint nuts.
I can turn the nut with my finger. Just what I wanted to find.
you lucked out. A rear end swap would have been expensive.
"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." -Albert Einstein
New brake master cylinder and brake booster. The box it's sitting on is my "standin' box". I need it to stand on to work on this truck because I'm short (5'8"). I shot at it a couple times one day and afterwards thought it would be a great box to stand on.
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