You might get some more flex/drop in that front differential if you jack up the truck too, so the wheels can droop. Just a guess, not sure about that. I cannot remember if I also did that the last time I pulled the pan by this method.

With 200+ Billion electrical parts, the world most complicated machine is inside your own skull.

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