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What exactly did you grenade? Potentially, you might be able to pull just the third member and replace that, rather than the entire axle, and that should be the same from one to the other, barring a possible LSD question.

James

I guess some history is in order... about 2 wks ago I chnged diff fluid and found what appeared to be the very tip of a gear tooth and the "normal" very fine metallic powder, I refilled and crossed my fingers, figuring with 110k mi on it and some abuse it was just a fatigue fracture, and crossed my fingers.I don't know what exactly grenaded yet, haven't had time to tear into it <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> left wheel slipping, jerking, crunch bang, under load especially while turning. NO LSD on this truck. On draining the fluid this time found LARGE abount of fine metal powder and bright shiny flakes of metal who knows where from. I was thinking of replacing the whole thing beause I was under the impression that changing the center section required special tools/skills for proper setup. BTW thanks for your quick reply

-Erik
1995 Trooper SOHC, 255/85R16 Dunlop Mud Rovers, OME 912, 2" Daystar coil spacer, torsion bar crank
Tera-Low in the T-case and 5.38's Rear LSD