Not as bad as expected, worse than imagined

Well, I has the rearend back together, but light failed me and I still need to reassemble the brakes and wheels.

As for the double talk in the title, money wise, not as bad as I expected; around $100 give or take,, I haven’t added up all the reciepts yet, and I ain’t counting tool costs,,, those are investments, not expenses. But I was shocked a bit when I saw how much that axle was able to move,,,, That parts can fail that much and the vehicle was still ‘functional’ (maybe not SAFE, but functional),,, wow,,, Shows that the boys that designed those parts originally really had thier numbers wired tight.

Both outer axle bearings replaced,, Pricey for what they were, but she is a ZR series,,,

And I priced out what I need to fix the original diff that left me stranded in ‘Bama,,, Thats an ‘as I can’ project, no rush, BUT, I do want back up,,, Two Diff’s goin’ ‘splody in Six months has me feelin’ twitchy,,, (and doesn’t give me a warm fuzzy about the ZR series hindquarters,,,,) Especially since I could see pinion marks on the spider cage on the current one. Unk had replaced the pinion bearings before I got it (He did NOT replace those axle seals, but he had said he wasn’t certain) and it had ‘shifted’ in its seat and ground grooves in that basket. I would imagine the one I pulled out six months ago looks very similar,,,,

Feeling better about things right now, maybe a little dopamine rush, definitely some endorphins (hurtin’,,, Cold and age and DAMP weather,,,) The rest of this can wait for light out and now, I tip a little back in congrats to myself.

I still have no idea why I never heard that bearing give up,,, I didn’t notice any strange noizes until Friday as I was backing out of a spot and then I heard the brake disc grinding on the caliper bracket. Now I know WHY,,,,

and the vent blows freely in both directions so thats a plus. Just way too many miles on moving slidy bits is what I figure,,, Something was gonna give, and it just happened to be that one,,,(the other looked great, but I changed it out anyway,,,)(Oh, and no bits and peices in the case,,, some metallic-y looking lube, but nothing bigger than a flake.)

and just a little sumpin I saw today that NEEDS shared around