Decided to go ahead and reduce the gear backlash. I was at the max spec and I can't leave well enough alone. Thought I was pulling threads as it would not reach torque. 80 Ft Lbs for a Dana 60. I figured I would go head and pull the threads and get out a helicoil repair kit. I won't do that again because it was the bolt and not the threads. I barely had enough to grab and fortunately it twisted right out. Whew... I never have had a bearing cap bolt fail before.
And cleaning up each part one by one. Electrical tape on the seal surfaces works better than masking tape. Looks like I painted them, but they are masked off. There were no roller bearings in the long side axle U-joint. Probably was noisy.
It is snowing again. Painting weather!!
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