Hartman
Explorer Addict
- Joined
- October 16, 2001
- Messages
- 8,299
- Reaction score
- 13
- City, State
- Indianapolis, IN
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1996 5.0
Put my 4WD system back in on Friday. 
I had all my old parts left over except for rotors, but I definately needed new CVs and hub/bearing assemblies. I went with new Cardone Select CVs from Rock Auto. They say they are "high performance", and they weren't too expensive so we shall see how good they are. They seem to be pretty good quality. I got some used bearing assemblies that had 40k on them from Terry (ped5stang - great guy to get used parts from by the way).
Took about 6 hours total to get everything swapped back over. I've gotten to the point now where I can disassemble the entire front end in around an hour. Hardest part was getting the axle into position. Didn't have a helper, so I had to use some precision with the jacks to get the damn thing into position. I thought I could get the thing up there just by hoisting it, but I quickly learned otherwise when it fell down on my arm.
Both diffs are now filled with synthetic fluids and the t-case has new fluid as well. Al, before you ask, I did not send the old stuff out to be analyzed. 
Since I shaved my radio bezel, the stock location for the 4WD switch was not an option. I simply relocated it down on the counsel where the cupholders would be on a stock truck. I know the switch looks a little "out in the middle of nowhere" right now, but I plan on two rocker switches on each side in the future.
After the swap, I fired it up and it would switch into 4auto, but not 4low. A few taps on the shift motor solved those problems, and the ever so nice thud that accompanies the engagment followed.
Just took it out for the first test run offroad, went very smoothly. I forgot how capable my truck really is. Much much more fun than wheelin in 2wd.
Nice CV angles pal.
I had all my old parts left over except for rotors, but I definately needed new CVs and hub/bearing assemblies. I went with new Cardone Select CVs from Rock Auto. They say they are "high performance", and they weren't too expensive so we shall see how good they are. They seem to be pretty good quality. I got some used bearing assemblies that had 40k on them from Terry (ped5stang - great guy to get used parts from by the way).
Took about 6 hours total to get everything swapped back over. I've gotten to the point now where I can disassemble the entire front end in around an hour. Hardest part was getting the axle into position. Didn't have a helper, so I had to use some precision with the jacks to get the damn thing into position. I thought I could get the thing up there just by hoisting it, but I quickly learned otherwise when it fell down on my arm.
Both diffs are now filled with synthetic fluids and the t-case has new fluid as well. Al, before you ask, I did not send the old stuff out to be analyzed. Since I shaved my radio bezel, the stock location for the 4WD switch was not an option. I simply relocated it down on the counsel where the cupholders would be on a stock truck. I know the switch looks a little "out in the middle of nowhere" right now, but I plan on two rocker switches on each side in the future.
After the swap, I fired it up and it would switch into 4auto, but not 4low. A few taps on the shift motor solved those problems, and the ever so nice thud that accompanies the engagment followed.
Just took it out for the first test run offroad, went very smoothly. I forgot how capable my truck really is. Much much more fun than wheelin in 2wd.
Nice CV angles pal.
