Excellent work. Inspiring progress for all of us LS owners out there. How hard was the rear axle swap? What all did you need to swap out?

-Austin

Thanks! No, the rear axle swap was not difficult. A lot easier than a front diff swap. The rear is straight forward. An impact wrench and a good breaker bar helps a lot. Plus you'll need a torque wrench that goes over 150ftlbs (can't remember the exact spec for the trailing arms and panhard bar). I think my rear axle was from a 95 SR. You need to be sure the donor truck has a 3.5L engine, which means it's a 'big' axle. I did the swap on my own and moved the axles around with wheels on them. Those axles are very heavy.

For completeness I suppose it would be a good idea to link to other stuff I have done;

Rear frame chop and lift

Center pod gauge discussion and install

I need to post up about the fun I had fixing my leaking heater core last year.

And for nostalgia, here's my truck for first summer I had it in '06, before I molested it <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />



Sunrise, way north on the NC Outer Banks, 8 miles after the road ends <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />