Quote from: JPDavis on 13 Nov, 2010 20:01

When I talked to Ray about noon and said you guys had been drinking beer all morning and were pretty well loaded, I think he wasn't kidding.

We were on our way back from home depot with some JB Weld metal epoxy to fill the front cradle bushings to help prevent forward and back movement.
This is a trial so we'll see what happens with the process. Stay tuned.



TIP!

Just knock those bushings out and turn them til the gap is at 3' O clock, and 9 O'clock, At least then you will be on the solid part of the bushing.

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i welded plates across the rubber bushing, lol

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I'm another who prefers to drop the subframe and diff together as unit.  A 2x4 running fore-aft and spanning between both subframe and diff can be balanced so you lower the whole thing at once with one jack.  Otherwise you might want to point out that when you tie up the rear brakes you only need the caliper center section, the support bracket can be left in situ.

Thanks for taking the time to write that up!

I'm another who prefers to drop the subframe and diff together as unit.  A 2x4 running fore-aft and spanning between both subframe and diff can be balanced so you lower the whole thing at once with one jack.  Otherwise you might want to point out that when you tie up the rear brakes you only need the caliper center section, the support bracket can be left in situ.

Thanks for taking the time to write that up!

Joel,
I need to redo this procedure. I too drop the cradle and diff as a whole now. So much easier and faster.
I'll be doing this fairly soon and will take pictures again. I want to tighten up the lash.

I didn't even catch the fact this was a thread resurrection (by the OP no less...)   Carry on.