Right around the time when I finished up the oil change I got an email from the saying they wouldn't be pulling the driveshafts until Monday. Damn! I really wanted to do the Calico run and test out the new suspension so I made a call to JE Reel to see if they had any 1350's in stock. Well, it was my lucky day so hit the road an made the one hour drive to Pomona.
By the time I got back it was 3 pm so I got right to work since we had dinner plans at 6.
My old shaft was already removed so I figured it would be a pretty quick job. Well, knowing how long other things took to install with the lift I should have known it would take longer than expected! I tried everything but could not get the pinion nut to break loose. I used my breaker bar with a floor jack but the bar started to bend. [emoji21] Not knowing how to get the damn thing off I decided to run over to the local garage and ask them to use the impact driver. The guy was really cool and made easy work of it. He tightened it enough so I could drive home slowly and still be able to get it off. I handed him $10 and took a nice slow drive home 5 blocks.
Back at the house from there everything went fine and I finished up at 5:30 with enough time for a quick shower and still made it to dinner in time. I didn't get any pics unfortunately.