I was planning this spring to do some work and maintinence to my front end and the front dif is leaking from the one side so I figured I was going to drop it and replace the seals and all the lube and check all components as long as I was in that far and my question is how much of the front do I need to disassemble in order to drop the front dif, like the cv shafts cuz the drive shafts a nobrainer but do I need to remove the cv shafts in order to do this or just unbolt them from the diff.

98 1500 z71

 

You should be able to just unbolt the flanges but it's a pain to get to the top diff hanger. You can just remove the half shaft on the passenger side and split open the diff while it is still in place.

 

Huh well thanks once it starts to warm up up here Ill take a look at it. its been below zero for two weeks now and its a bit cold so when it warms up and I can dig into it Ill let ya know how it goes I just rather not dig into it before I realize I shoulda research it a bit more. Thanks