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I guess that's on the list of must do's for early gen3 owners then?

Definitely! This is the wife's family hauler, no trail dropping on these control arms. If you can wrench, you're looking at $200 in parts and what should be less than two easy hours. A couple of bolts mate each stub shaft to the half axles, then pop out the stubs. (Drain diff first.) And if you can't wrench, it should only be an hour or so shop rate. The new part came on during 2005 some time.


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Congratulations! Not too often an extended warranty actually saves a major bill!

If you recall, I found this baby with 14k miles on it. Even though it was eight yeras old, I was able to still get a 7 year / 85k miles warranty. The platinum one that covers pretty much everything but wear parts. The new diff is $1700+ alone. The warranty co is going to give back all of my purchase price on this repair. Oh well...


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