Where my Tribulations stand,,.

Ok, Unk brought the Blazer over and parked it near the end of my drive, ready for me to yank what I need/want.

Talked to Son of Bossman this evening, and he changed plans a hair.  Instead of him and I doing the thunderrun, I, little ol’ me, will be doing that run solo with a 1 ton dually and car hauler.     Doable, and level of difficulty will reside in if I can get that rear end unlocked.  I have an idea on that and if It works, I won’t need to use a winch or come-a-longs to get Buff loaded.  

WHAT I am thinking is that the pinion is loose enough without that front bearing in place that it is binding with the ring gear.   Take the back cover off, hammer the pinion forward and see if things loosen up.  If they do, put that pinion bearing that I recovered back in, tighten that nut and hub on, put things back together ‘just enough’, and drive her onto the trailer.   It’s not like I would be doing any more damage moving her fifteen feet with no lube on those gears.  

Sounds good in theory and probably gonna bite me in the nads, but the only other option I have is winch/come-a-long and lube the rear tires on the deck with dawn dishwashing fluid  (slick as snot, and cleans up easy.)  Getting her off the trailer is easier,,, just hook a towstrap to her and a tree and drive the trailer out from under her.  Not pretty, definite expediency thing, but this ‘Thunder Run” is on my dime, (thanks to you all, its doable too.) my hours, with the help of the company in providing the tools I need to do it, and nothing else.   No whine there, just stating a fact, but they know me; I am a stubborn mule about ‘Mission accomplished’ and if I have to do this alone, alone I will do it.

SO, that’s the plan, and right now, I need to get my butt out to a blazer and start pulling things apart in preparation. (note, I considered just leaving the blazer intact and moving Buff’s interior (the only thing really wrong with the blazer is trashed interior) but Unk “junked’ the title and it would cost more to get that reversed: three years of back taxes on it, plus whatever exorbatant fees the county could figure how to add in.)