So I got a full locker with axle housing and I'm wanting to get it really well cleaned up and do somewhat of a rebuild on it but not go fully overboard. I have confirmed it works through bench testing so I don't see a need to actually take apart the motor and replace the gaskets in there and grease and mess with the headache of having it all reclocked properly. I do however want to get things more thoroughly cleaned (and possibly repainted, the third has surface rust) and there's a lot of nooks around that motor. this would I assume necessitate replacing at least one seal on the pinion going to the locking fork rack. Does anyone know a part number for that? Also likely want to do the main seal for the third to the housing, seems like that one is straightforward. And of course I will redo the axle seals and double check that my already rebuilt axle/drums will match up properly to the replaced seals. Is this really even worth it since the locker seems to work just fine? I just figured I have at least a month till I get my aftermarket harness and I still need to get a front diff with matching gears. Should I just do the axle seals and send it? For context the donor does have 363k on it (guy got into a front end wreck with someone running a light fleeing cops).

with that many miles I would do what you are saying. the drums should match up fine

I guess the real question is do the dealers even still have that pinion seal for the motor?

If the dealers don't have them. Places like marlin crawler or egs gear supply probably can get them...

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