Yeah..
I am learning my lesson. ÂÂ

I also tried to use a magnetic retrieval tool inside the axle tube, only to find out that I would not be able to get a flat surface on the remaining axle piece magnetic enough to pull it out. So.. tonight, out came the other axle (good thing too, the splines on it were starting to twist), and the diff, and then after everything was cleaned out, the diff with the spool went back in along with two replacement axles.
I am not quite done, but I gotta go to bed. I ruined a couple of bolts trying to tighten the heim/ball joint base down. Gotta get new ones. That joint is REALLY annoying to get back together! Any hints?
I don't plan on driving it very much for the next couple of months until I get an ARB. I did have a Lockrite inside a 10 bolt axle in my posession tonight, but time being a factor, it did not get put in.

I would have had to take it out of it's third member, and put it in mine.
I have to say that the axle breaking was partly my fault. I started getting over-confident the last few weeks, and was driving harder than I should have been.
Oh well... lesson learned..
The spool is still in there, as I said, but I don't plan on driving it much until I get an ARB. I have 4 weeks of training coming up for a new job, so I won't be around to drive it anyways. And when I do drive it, I plan on taking it EASY.
Hey, one thing I am proud to say, I am doing this whole axle swap MYSELF. ÂÂ

(Minus a couple of heavy things carried by my hubby as well as some stuck bolts loosened..... but that's it!) BTW... slide hammers ROCK.
Thanks for your input Mike.
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