After 33 years of no major mechanical failures, the 42 has broken some teeth in the rear diff due to a bad bearing. Gotta give the old girl some credit though, been pretty good until now. Didn't do anything rough, just started hearing a bad rattle when gearing down or taking my foot off the pedal. Anyone have a spare axle around? Don't wanna rebuild the diff, so might as well just replace the whole axle. Heading east for a week but hoping to have it fixed before the expedition. Any pointers or advice would help. Now I've got a good reason to get the 87 pickup on the road in the meantime. It's an '82 BJ42 for reference.
Thanks,
Nik
Thanks,
Nik