Posted by Bruce in BC [24.207.120.194] on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 00:30:45 :
In Reply to: Whats easiest? posted by Sterling From TX [99.98.76.231] on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 21:43:12 :
I would do it with the axle pulled .
A gear swap I will do with the axle in a vehicle .
But if the whole axle is out I would not install the housing and then the rest of the pieces . I made a little dolly for rolling complete axles (minus wheels ) under a vehicle , it has a screw jack under the pinion . The dolly works slick and is easy to roll the axle around on . It sort of resembles 2 jackstands on a dolly with a screw jack under the pinion .
Wish I had made the thing 2 decades before I got around to it ...