has anybody ever removed the diff themselves??? A local shop charges $240 just to remove it and put it back on, is that a good price or not?? What about installing heat treated axels??? Is this stuff I mentioned a piece a cake or not.

 

I dont know about heat treated axels, but removing the diff yourself is fairly easy to do. Ive done it a couple of times. you could do it by yourself but it would be a lot easier with 2 people.

 

The heat treatment makes them harder/stronger but I can't think of what it's called.

Do the fuel filter while your at it!!

 

Im just curious about it, i dont even have a fd anymore, I wrecked it about a month ago. I will soon have another one in about a week or so. So it shouldnt be that hard. How heavy is the diff??? Will a shop manuel show me how to take it off???

 

It's not hard, but it's a PITA....mainly because of the weight of the pumpkin casing...~70 lbs. or so?...heavy enough so that it's a PITA/

 

thanks to all!!