Well I finally installed an SYE and Tom Woods Driveshaft to fix my bent rear outputshaft and all went well. Let me take this opportunity to put in a plug for Tom Woods! He was great! The first driveshaft sent was to long, either due to my stupidity or misbuilding (probably my stupidity!) , either way he sent out a second one that fit at no charge to me, all I have to do is send back the long one! Any, driving with the vibes from that bent output shaft appearently cuased my pinion seal in my rear diff to die... it seemed to be a fairly minor leak driving around town, but on a recent highway trip I was surprised to see how much fluid got flung EVERYWHERE underneath. I have been checking the fluid level regularly and have not seen any significant decrease. I called ProGear and was quoted $90 to have it done, $60 of it being labor. So my quistion is, can a reasonably intelligent person with minimal mechanical experience (IE smart enought to pull the tcase apart to change the output shaft succsuffuly, but have never changed tranny fluid) manage to change this themselves? I understand the tricky part is ensuring you get the torque correct when putting back together? I have the Chrysler Shop Manual, which is a godsend to someone who is learning auto mechanics as they go! What are the chances something else is wrong that I may not be able to deal with? Thanks,
Alon :)