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Huge thanks to SeattleTom and everyone else who offered! I got my springs back in.

SeattleTom wrote: ↑Wed Nov 07, 2018 12:46 pm I've got one you can borrow - I'm in North Seattle

Holy moly! That's awesome! I'll PM you to make arrangements.

Does anyone have a pinz spring compressor tool they can lend me? I'm in the Seattle area. I'll happily drive somewhere within a few hundred miles or pay for shipping. I've got a long term solution, but I'd like to get my truck back together.

I went ahead and ordered 2 stop rings with the seals already installed, since I'll probably end up rebuilding the other 2 diffs in the near future. The new ones are an entirely different design, but still employ a bevel to allow for pushing past the o-ring in the diff case, which means pressing in f...

Oooh. I definitely think you're onto something with separating the pieces and pressing it in from the other side. The question is, what would you use for re-alignment and what's the right glue to use to re-assemble. Is the seal flush with the end? If so, you'd just press the seal between the 2 piece...

Yes. That I've done. I had to replace the oil seal in the axle housing, and I figured I'd replace all the seals and O-rings while I was in there. Both EI and SAV sell just the seal ring by themselves, as if you can press in the new seal ring (as opposed to the more expensive option of buying a new s...

Sorry if this is answered somewhere already. I couldn't find any definitive answer. I've got a new set of wipe seals for my front diff. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out a way to get these pressed into the retaining ring. They seem impossibly big. The repair manual says the seal and ring are ...