Axle Questions?

I need to fix my front axle before winter. Only problem is I'm not sure what is wrong with it. So does anyone see a problem with basicly gutting the axle and still driving on it? Take out the carrier, axles, and pinion, and all that stuff to find out what is wrong, and get the parts and still drive?

I'm thinking I may need to leave the carrier in there, as it may have some support in the front axle.

Also I need to stop my rear axle from leaking. So does anyone know of a shop in the Middletown/Newark area that has a press and is open on saturdays? I need to take out the rear axle, have the bearings and seal pressed off, and the new one pressed on.

I'm running 4.10. I broke something in the front axle in the spring. I haven't had time yet to tear it apart and figure out what is wrong. I opened the diff cover but didn't really see much, except some metal pieces.

Whenever you engage the 4wheel drive and start to move it makes a loud banging noise over and over again basically as the axle is turning.

So I want to tear it apart and find out what is going on before winter comes and I need 4x4.

It's wide track. Yea I tried to rotate it some, I didn't do a real good job at looking at it yet. I saw the oiler or whatever the big washer like thing on the pinon is called was all chewed up. I'm not sure how that happened, and I think that it was the metal I found in the oil/sludge.

What about a shop that does press work on saturdays?
I'm new to Delaware so I have to find all the shops to get stuff done around here.

Sounds good. maybe next weekend I'll get my rear axle fixed, so I have one good axle.