Try using an extension on your ratchet, I did this when taking my drive shaft bolts out and it made it a lot easier to get the socket on the bolts.

 

i think i remember stuff being in the way.

for now, it's good like it is, just will have to come back to that.

gonna go out an see what happens when i try raising the diff....IE: how much of a beyotch this is going to be.

 

my secret is usually Motrin....but i didn't take any.....so i guess i am OK.

 

Motrin...isn't that for cramps???

 

actually that's MIDOL, which is motrin,or tylenol or naproxen (alleve) depending on which one YOU need....hahahahaha...good call.

 

Ok...break time

I must say, I impressed myself again.

diff is mounted to the frame once again...not torqued yet, but almost "Levi" tight.

 

pics....

so this is how it starts



1st problem...binding on the driver's side....what to do? what to do??



I'll get my helpers....



the I took a vote and voted against doing that. so with some intricate jack-work...a little here, a little there....and on and on...i got it close to where it needed to be

then with a little tug and a push on the ??axle tube...that's what i will call it, i was able to get the hole lined up on the driver's side and made my arms about 6 inches longer with a quick growth spurt and i was able to loosely-but-snug(ly) get that bolt in and tightened up



moving on to the passenger's side, i realized i was going to be doing this side quite blindly.....so a screwdriver through the hole to help line it up just right and then a bolt and it's nut and tightened it down a bit.



next will be to move on to the front and clobber the crap out of the crossmember to get it in place (i assume)

 

Good deallyo!!!

I like to see progress!!!

 

this truck may be sitting on it's own 4 feet today yet!

 

going to see if i could loosely "pin" that crossmember in and "pin" the diff to it.

if this works, i'm gonna poo myself.

 

Oooo sorry my bad...

I thought tylenol was different from naproxen/alleve. Hmmmm learn something new everyday. I also thought Motrin was ibuprofen not naproxen. I guess I don't know as much as I thought I did.

 

I'm sure you'll be able to get them in...just don't the the latter, I don't think you want to be laying on the floor with that.

 

no,no, no.....you are absolutely right.

MIDOL....is a brand name that uses combinations of Ibuprofen (motrin), acetaminophen(tylenol) or naproxen(alleve) and other ingredients such as caffeine and other things to accomplish what they need them to.

this is why people need to read labels before taking over the counter meds and prescription meds at the same time.....you can overdose yourself unintentionally.

darvovet= tylenol and propoxyphene
percocet= tylenol and oxycodone
Midol, Doan's Pills, Goody's Headache powder and on and on, consist of meds that are easily and readily available in other forms under different names...you can cook your liver and kidneys by doing the "more is better" thing for any length of time too.


OK...that's the "medical Minute" of this thread.......back to the show.

 

more progress...

more pics...

"LUKE....DON'T FORCE IT...."





um and then this......




and then this happened....



and then, since in Hawaii, this is how you signify that you are done with an important step (thanks ROGERMAN) I bid "adieu" to getting the diff and all that back in.

 

gotta find my torque specs, torque everything and then lower the truck back to the ground............................yeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeehhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

I leave for a bit to get more tile and look what I get back too??? Jars like that scar me!!!!


Enough of that good work man, and remind me again never to work with you alone.

But really good job!!!

 

Hell you are making tons of progress today, and the day is only half over, you might have this thing running sooner than you think!

 

i smell bad.

really bad.

front bolt on the diff going side to side is 108ft/lbs......DONE!

diff mounts in those circular areas....123ft/lbs....need to do.

 

sorry if it brought back memories....

now my arms are dead again from torquing that bolt and it's bent mount.

 

this is the part of the episode where i stop and eat something, try to clean up the house real fast and relax for a bit.