I discovered yesterday that the seal has to be ordered, as well as the redi-sleeve and they won't be here until next week. Since I also needed the SM420 gasket set, and other items, I placed an order on rock auto. I prefer to give my money to the mom and pop parts store, but had to go another route this time, as they weren't able to get a couple items I need.
Ed, I definitely don't have a pipe wrench that big, but do have a one that may work with the cheater-bar I have. I may not need to secure it like that, though, as the 3rd member will be installed on the truck when I go to do this.
I've made up simple jigs for removing pinion nuts just by using a heavy length of flat bar and drilling two holes to match the u joint trunnion clamp. Usually works pretty nicely, just bolt the flat bar to the yoke, rest other end on the ground and wrench away.
