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i have a 92 exploder with the twin traction beam front axle and was wondering if i can remove the driver side axle beam to look inside the diff and make sure nothings wrong with the gears? I also want to get in there and clean it out real good
 


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Yes, you can remove the driver's side beam.
 
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You will have to dig deeper than just pulling the beam off to check out the gears. Unless you got that fancy superman x-ray vision.
 

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thank you, is it hard to pull that beam off?
 
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here's my "easy way" of pulling the diff out. Just disconnect everything on the left side, pull both axle shafts, and drop it.
 

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ok, hows about an "easy" way to pull it without putting the truck on a lift and dropping the whole diff?
 
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Put it on jackstands and drop the drivers side beam.
 

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ok, thanks guys i will try to do that on my day off this week or next
 
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