Hey guys. Well its been a couple of months since Ive done my lift. (I'll never do that again). Well before rain set in and gave me some good mud I wanted to check the 4wd. Since I never did it until today. Well I put it 4WL and got a crazy mad clunking chunking sound from the front end. Heres what I think went haywire. When I lifted the front I had to undo the upper ball joints, there for lowering my control arms. (You know to out the new spindles in). Well I had a buddy hold the whole setup for me while I out them in. I think I popped the axel shaft out of where it goes. Stupid ass me. Theres no way I can afford to get this done let alone doing it all myself again. FORGET that. But bottom line is that what Im dealing with here?? Any idea how to get them "back into socket". Something quick and easy?? Ok guys well it looks like I'll be mudding in 2WD this season. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="images/icons/frown.gif" /> . Ok I need to go drink myself to sleep. Later, and thanks.

Maxx

Take the nuts off the stub axles and pry/pull the axle out of the way, then smack the axle with a hammer until it pops back into place. Then just pry the axle back over the studs, bolt it back on, and have a cold one.

Are you talking about the actual CV joint?
Did the CV joint come apart inside the boot.
If this is what happened then you have to pull the axle out and remove the boot and put the cage back together inside the CV joint.

Rob I have no clue. I think Im talking about my CV's but have no actual clue. Is what I think acutally possible?? UUGHHH I cant wait to SAS. Thanks for the input so far. Later
Maxx

did the differential drop plate/mount get put in backwards?
i saw that and it made one or both axles not fit right
it should just slide into the diff. housing extension tube thingys
unless the spider joint came apart
tried jacking up under an a arm first?
be careful

Originally posted by Maxx
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">UUGHHH I cant wait to SAS</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans"> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Well its been a couple of months since Ive done my lift. (I'll never do that again). </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">not saying that a SAS is hard to do,but you sound like doing that lift was a P.I.T.A...are you sure your ready to get yourself tied into a SAS???
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Assuming this is a procomp type IFS lift you may have a minor problem with the half shaft bolts hitting the truck frame on the left side. To see if this is your problem put the truck in 2wd, and unlock the hubs. Now crawl under and turn the half shafts by hand. If the bolts holding the shaft onto the diff is hitting then this is your problem. To fix it loosen the three bolts holding the third member in place, then use a long shaft to push the third member back as far as you can. Now just tighten up the bolts and your done.