Should I be able to spin the driveshaft by hand with front tires lifted and in park?
I choked both wheels, and I work on a flat ground.. but I'm extra paranoid when it comes to being under the car, rather have it in park, brake on, and rear wheels on the ground if I could.
Also replacing my dif bushing while I wait for additional parts, holy chit it came out no issue but putting a new one in proved to be something else. I used bushing press tool as I don't have a press, and a huge metal pipe for leverage, got about half way in before top metal plate just bent and broke off. any tips or tricks? Saw a few write-ups on it, guy had to literally stand on the breaker bar to get it moving lol
Is a 6ton press enough? Or need something more substantial?
Also replacing my dif bushing while I wait for additional parts, holy chit it came out no issue but putting a new one in proved to be something else. I used bushing press tool as I don't have a press, and a huge metal pipe for leverage, got about half way in before top metal plate just bent and broke off. any tips or tricks? Saw a few write-ups on it, guy had to literally stand on the breaker bar to get it moving lol
Is a 6ton press enough? Or need something more substantial?
Best of luck in all seriousness, though. I did call around town to most garages and machine shops to ask about pressing in the bushing but didn't have any luck. Not sure why it would be difficult as long as the press has some space around it for the crossbar but I was tired of striking out. IF you have to go this route (wouldn't recommend it unless you are out of options), I would strongly advise against using a ratcheting breaker bar. I had the hardest time getting it to remain in the position I needed to tighten it down. That's all I had at the moment and I was already mentally done with it all so I chanced it and everything worked out okay. A regular, non-adjustable, non-ratcheting breaker bar with maybe some grippy tape at the handle likely would have worked so much better.
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