Yet Another Bad Front Axle Disconnect

[HawkTown28]

My truck has 90,000 on it. I bought it with 83,000 last July, so no way of telling when the disconnect started wearing and to be honest I never thought about inspecting it before this. Now I'm very careful when engaging 4wd...I do it at a slow roll now and turn the wheels back and forth a bit just to be sure it's engaged before applying to much gas. Even with the new unit in there is still a little play in the cv tripod, but from what I have read that's normal. Just for the heck of it i checked the driver side cv tripod last night and it seems to move a bit more than it should. So i don't know if there's much I can do about it or if I should try to replace the outer bearing and seal...any suggestions and/or if its a easy enough job to do. My biggest fear is having a front diff failure because of repair costs.

I was able to drill a couple small holes in the ring part of the housing stuck in the oil pan and then slowly step up until i had a chunk of it out. This relieved the pressure on the ring and it pretty much pulled right out, and I was able to do it without damaging the oil pan at all.

[Opeth]

I installed the AWD sleeve at about 90,000 and the inner and outer slipped right out of the pan as one unit.

I was at 87k with same success.... I had a little up and down play but everything was fine. Installed AWD sleeve, new thrust washers and outer seal.

I pulled mine off with my hands, was that easy.

[Moots1288]

I installed the AWD sleeve at about 90,000 and the inner and outer slipped right out of the pan as one unit.

I was at 87k with same success.... I had a little up and down play but everything was fine. Installed AWD sleeve, new thrust washers and outer seal.

I pulled mine off with my hands, was that easy.

I Did as well and replaced all bearings and seals.

[DustinC1989]

Rebuilt mine at around 82k, I check it every time I change the oil. If (when) it gets rebuilt again its getting a AWD sleeve

[mikekey]

I'm thinking I might rebuild mine now in April before TECORE, just because, with the AWD sleeve.

[mikekey]

Shouldn't this thread technically be moved to the Axles section?