sehaare
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- 98XLT 4WD SOHC,94XLT gone
Hey guys, for those who missed the first two threads 1998 XLT 4WD SOHC.
I went ahead and bought the used front differential online. After it arrived, I pulled the FME plugs that they had put into the axle openings to see if I should get new axle seals before I install it. When I looked into the Right (passenger) side tube, the male splined axle shaft that connects the female splined half shaft to the rest of the differential was not inside the tube.
It looks like it just pulls out, so I was thinking that the junkyard just pulled it out with the half shaft and never put it back in.
Am I being a jackass expecting it to have been included? Can I just use the one from my old front Differential? Will the gears (or whatever is on the other end) mesh up ok given the fact that the two gears would have worn in but not with each other.
Should I be asking for a refund since it didn't come with all the parts?
Bottom line am I wrong in thinking that this axle that is internal to the front differential should have come with it?
Thanks
I went ahead and bought the used front differential online. After it arrived, I pulled the FME plugs that they had put into the axle openings to see if I should get new axle seals before I install it. When I looked into the Right (passenger) side tube, the male splined axle shaft that connects the female splined half shaft to the rest of the differential was not inside the tube.
It looks like it just pulls out, so I was thinking that the junkyard just pulled it out with the half shaft and never put it back in.
Am I being a jackass expecting it to have been included? Can I just use the one from my old front Differential? Will the gears (or whatever is on the other end) mesh up ok given the fact that the two gears would have worn in but not with each other.
Should I be asking for a refund since it didn't come with all the parts?
Bottom line am I wrong in thinking that this axle that is internal to the front differential should have come with it?
Thanks