First, a quick aside... it is nice to have a big vehicle for some things:


The rear sag looks worse than it is. The parking lot was sloped...

And back to 4wd swap land...

The next project is swapping out the rear 3rd member. We were originally going to just swap the whole rear-end, but it turns out the 4wd truck's rear axle was leaking on both sides. I'd rather stick with as many of my known-good parts... so a 3rd swap, it is. While in there, we did put in new seals. Good thing - my rear end was leaking but just hadn't come out the other side of the bearing. Time will tell if it need to do it again soon.

Stock bearing?:


Refilling:


Sorry for the lack of pictures here... but this part isn't that special. Though I can tell you, 4.10 gears with the 225/75-15 donuts is pretty peppy! Still only around 2500 rpm at 70 on the freeway. Mileage dropped from ~22 to ~20 - I guess as expected? Maybe its because my wife has been driving it recently...

-Charlie