94 4WD Pickup 22RE IFS
Timing Chain Rebuild

Everything went well so far in getting the Timing cover/chain etc off, oil pan is dropped slightly, now for the hard part. There ain't no way that pan is comming off without dropping the Front Differential and there ain't no way I'm not taking the pan off ... too much garbage from the busted guides went down there.

I've done everything I could to work around it, but now it's time for that beast to come out of there.

It appears that I need to lower the Differential about 4" to get the pan out. I know that I will need to unbolt at the inside CV joints and remove the front diffential mount, but I'm not sure what else I need to do. I'll place a jack under the Diff and hopefully I can just undo the rear mounting bolts at the frame and it should lower down, Right?

I haven't removed the wheels or disconnected any steering linkage (Will I need to disconnect any of that?)

Can I get away with not disconnecting the driveshaft and just lowering the Diff?

I'll take another look at the FSM, just want to go through the least steps I can to get 'er out of the way.

Thanks for any suggestions ... they're appreciated! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Nice timing kit from EB ... it's going to go together sweet!