[04ctd]

it appears the old truck i have has a bent rear axle on the driver side (rear fender is folded up) because I have a nice little wobble about 35mph.

it is a bit annoying, but nothing major. in other words, it ain't bad enough to pay $500 to fix it, but for $250 or so, i might would.

what would be the cheapest way:
-buy a complete junkyard rear end, and put it in my truck
(labor: bleed brakes, prolly have to change over my brake pads on both ends..hate drums)
(bad: lose my gears: think i have steep gears now, it peels out way too easy)

-buy a complete junkyard rear end, put the D/S axle in my rear
(labor: pay Gerald)
(bad: "might as well" put a posi in it)
(good: keep my gears, keep my brakes)

-buy a used axle somewhere.
(bad: used = junk...there's a reason they sold it....)

-buy one new axle somewhere.
(bad: costs?)
(good: do the axle & a posi, have a truck that drives awesome, with steep gears, that takes off from a light without one wheel peel)


it's a GREAT truck, and patching a few odds N ends on it will make it awesome. but at 222k miles, you can reach the point of "diminishing returns" real quick.