Late posting but I finished replacing my hubs, axles and seals on the front end.
If you recall I had a little accident on the first attempt, smashing my hand with a hammer and getting stitches. All healed up now.
Anyway with a little more care I got it done on jackstands in the driveway.
Old and new
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The drivers side was pretty easy and I did that first.
Passenger side was more difficult. To replace the seal. I pulled the drive axle but it would not go back in all the way. A washer falls of the end of that axle inside the differential. I had to pull the axle housing and put it together properly, and reseal the housing to the Diff.
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It is much easier if you just do this in the first place, pull the housing with the drive axle together. Pound out the axle and replace the seal, and bearing if needed. Put the axle back in with gear assembly. Remember how it came apart. Oil resistant gasket maker and remount. Not too bad.
Also take off both sway bar links until the job is done. The passenger side required the shock off to remove the cv axle.
I cleaned up the brake calipers and replaced gear oil and transfer case AutoTec 2
and cranked up the torsion bars till the bolts had about 1/2 inch left.
What I didn't do yet- axle bearings , they seem ok and I couldn't get a proper slide hammer atm.
Also didn't replace the new Tranfer case motor I bought for $300. It started to work the last couple months everytime I tried 4wd. So I'll keep the new one as a spare. Thats another big job anyway and might as well replace u-joints while I'm there.