Oh yeah I bet it took a hour to drain. And I'm not sure all of it drained out, it just got soooooo slow and a thin stream that it was flying all over the ground missing my pan cuz it was windy. Since it's so easy to drain the gear oil maybe I'll drain it again at the end of 2021 summer. while it's still hot out so I can get all that built up gunk out that I'm sure was froze/so thick it wouldn't drain out. Kind of a waist of gear lube cuz I know it last longer then that but it was cheap so I'm willing to refill again to be sure all the particles and old fluid gets out.
On another note there was one thing I did notice about this axle swap.... when I was hooking up driveshaft, at the yoke end with the splines it slides/adjusts on, with this new axle there isn't as much splines length showing. My old axle I'd say there was about a 1-1 1/2inch of splines showing and now there is only 3/4-1inch of splines showing. Is this an issue I should worry about ?? Does this actually move enough to cause a problem?
