Took Pugly to SMORR, and had a blast. The 4:56 gears, and both lockers made her a beast out there. Took her on some hard level 3's with some friends. Almost rolled her once on a night run, and gave a couple passengers a good scare. Was awesome.
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On the way home, the front drivers bearings decided they didn't like the trip as much. Limped it back, and tore it down. I found the thin washer with holes in it, had spun onto the spindle threads. The keeper was worn, and jammed into the threads, stopping it from backing out any further at speed. Was a good thing it did, to make the 4 hr trip back.
So I ordered a new set of Timkin bearings, and a new spindle nut kit. This time I decided against the D44 kit, and got the D35 kit from Rockauto. Here is a couple pics showing the difference in the nut thickness. Clean is new.
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Thanks to a tip from SVO42 I packed the new bearings inside a ziplock bag, and kept my hands clean without wearing latex gloves.
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So as I was about to put the wheel back on, and call it a day, I noticed power steering fluids dripping from the pitman arm. Looks like the seal is toast.

Save that repair for another day.
Always something with these rigs!