Thanks! Finally got some time to start working on the 89 again. Ripped out the rear axle / leaf springs and shackles. Hopefully going to pull the gas tank, brake and fuel lines and some misc stuff on sunday/monday. Then its peel all the rubberized undercoat get rid of the rust (scrape, flap disc where heavy and sandblast), plate the frame, then coat it with rust bullet. Then to prep rear axle for armor, traction bar and e-locker. Then, bolt up the new gas tank with walboro 255 pump, budbuilt crossmember and traction bar, new rear axle, OME suspension, mod the muffler, etc etc... Cant wait.
Stock length bilsteins were limiting my downtravel... Likely beacause of the longer shackles. For stock shackles they would be perfect length.

Axle out... Ooooh rust, cant wait to get rid of you..

Another angle, axle came out fairly easily, thankfully the spring bushings were swapped 6 years ago so they werent too difficult nor seized. Snapped a few bolts but im junking those parts anyways. No more lspv for me...