We took our time and finished up everything except connecting/wiring the air pump and replacing the brake pads. We figured we'd let the old brake pads scrub the rust off the rotors before doing the brakes on it.

No real issues getting everything back in. Driveshaft length was perfect, parking brake cable tucked up just fine even though it's longer than a SWB would normally have. Of course we used the front trailing arm bushings from the SWB and I kept the Gen 2 bushings for my SR.

I measured the spring wire thickness with my caliper and the SR springs are about 2-2.5mm thicker. Sure enough, the rear of the truck sits a bit higher even though the unladen height of the springs is less. We'll throw a few cranks of the torsion bars in to level it out a touch this afternoon.

You have to look closely to tell that the track width is greater with the SR axle. I was sure it would be more apparent, but it's not really obnoxious at all. Oh, and we left the rear stabilizer bar out. I even showed Jorge to grease the lower spring perches so they don't squeak. We had previously bled the brakes so we didn't have to go very far with that to get clean fluid out of the rear bleeder screws. Took about a quart of gear lube to replace what I spilled when I changed out the pinion flange.

I personally haven't driven it yet, but I will today and we'll report back with another exciting update I'm sure you all will race to your screens to read. Man, we have to get a trailer over here to get rid of all this scrap metal!

John B.