Undertook the axle swap yesterday in my open air garage. All in all it took about 4 hours including 20 minutes of looking for my 3/4" x1/2" drive deep well socket to get my lug nuts off. I practiced removing the brakes and cross over hard line from the donor axle to confirm that I could remove the axle without opening the brake lines
Started with the e-brake cable, then the shocks, differential vent, loosened all the little bendy tabs holding the brake line along the axle, calipers came off with the brackets. Next undid the clam shells and the u joint last. Used a spare set of rims to roll the old axle out and new one in.
Could not get the jack under the axle so I used some big clamps to pick it up. Worked slick as I was able to slowly bring it up without going back and forth from the jack to the fender well.
After that, installation is the opposite of removal.
G80 for the win
Started with the e-brake cable, then the shocks, differential vent, loosened all the little bendy tabs holding the brake line along the axle, calipers came off with the brackets. Next undid the clam shells and the u joint last. Used a spare set of rims to roll the old axle out and new one in.
Could not get the jack under the axle so I used some big clamps to pick it up. Worked slick as I was able to slowly bring it up without going back and forth from the jack to the fender well.
After that, installation is the opposite of removal.
G80 for the win