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Message: <blockquote data-quote="INW-Iron-Steel" data-source="post: 21842" data-attributes="member: 11733">Truck is all back together and functioning much better! Only mistake (If you even consider it that) is I installed the rear u-joint in a position where I cannot access the grease zerk. I have the same issue with the conversion joints in the 93, so I flipped the orientation on the rear one on this install. The pinion yoke must be bigger than the stock 9.5 1350 yoke, because I cannot get my grease gun on the Zerk... Darn. I'll probably replace that u-joint when I get to putting the airbags in this truck in the next few months. Also, friendly reminder that GM 8.5 rear ends can use different bolts than the 8.6 and 9.5. I robbed this cover off of the 8.5 I pulled out of the Suburban. I got both vehicles undercoated when we got here and that thick oily goop is a mess to deal with. I hardly enjoy working under either rig now, but I guess if it prevents them from rusting that's an alright tradeoff. Anyway, I didn't feel like fighting the goop on the diff cover, so I grabbed the one off the 8.5. I went to use the clean hardware too, but then I realized the threads were different in the 8.6 (M8 vs 5/16). I am thankful of past me, who bought the whole GM cover and bolt kit for the junkyard 9.5, AND saved the hardware I took off. I had to scrounge through the bolt-bins a bit, but I eventually found them. Saved me a trip to the hardware store, and these are OEM bolts. Here's a picture of the cleanup. [ATTACH]2284[/ATTACH]And the redone driveshaft ready to go in. I'm really missing my shop-press back home, but a hammer and some sockets got the job done.[ATTACH]2283[/ATTACH]Now if things could just stay fixed for a while that would be great!</blockquote>