What did you do to your Ranger today? (Part Deux!)

[Bill]

I got a cracked windshield. I was driving on Hwy 50 and noticed something sparkly bounce across the back of a flatbed trailer. It ended up hitting my windshield causing a four inch long shatter where it impacted the windshield. The force of the impact also made a long clean crack from top to bottom about 24 inches from where the impact occurred. I noticed something else fall off the flatbed a few minutes later.

 

[RobWigglezz]

Just finished investigating a clunk in the rear end. Passenger rear axle seal is starting to weep and might have excessive endplay. All my indicators are at work but it's probably between .020" too .040". It's the smaller rear end, not 8.8. Too cold to check driver side but I will tomorrow and bring an indicator home.

*Edit, the picture is after I brake cleaned and sprayed some penetrant by the seal only. That's why it looks so wet. But there was a trail of fluid coming from the bottom of the seal when I first pull the drum off

 

[Curious Hound]

The 7.5" is still a C-Clip axle. Roughly 1/8" (give or take) end play is normal.

 

[RobWigglezz]

The 7.5" is still a C-Clip axle. Roughly 1/8" (give or take) end play is normal.

Thanks. At most it's probably .050" so I'm good. I just got back from O'Reilly's with 2 axle seals and some rtv. Only rust on my truck is the corners of the bed from leaves under the plastic liner. But my axle end sure did get pretty flaky.