Ms Piggy. Black and Blue!

[broncosbybart]

Thanks guys! Got some work done on the 14 bolt rear axle. Clay and I pulled the axle I'm using a while back from a late 90's Suburban or something at the pull-a-part. All I remember is it was about 90 degrees in the shade (ie- under the vehicle). Far cry from where it is right now. This axle is metric and there are some differences between it and the earlier years, though I'm not sure what all those differences are.

For sure one is the lock rings on the rear hubs. This design uses a circlip and key to hold the retaining nut in place. Had to use a magnet to get the key out of the keyway. The retaining nut is some funky 6 pinned thing that I don't have a tool for. A punch and hammer knocked it loose though. From what I understand, they can be replaced with the standard D60 lock rings with the 4 tabs and I'll get those for sure. No sense in messing with these things..

To get to the hub retainers, 8 bolts hold the axle flange onto the hubs. With those removed, the axles slide right out. I'm digging the full floating idea for sure!