Update time - so I put the new joints in and went out for a weekend only to get squealing half way through the first day, only seemed to do it driving in FWD, but I knew it was already too late. %)
At this point I took the other side apart and found slightly less damage, but too much for one trail ride - emailed the vendor.
About this time I decided to sell a car that I had no time for and I knew what to do -
I got ahold of Mr. Duff and he was able to make RCV's happen -
Wanting to avoid damage from the Longfield spindle bushings I'm doing a little seal experimentation and going back to a spindle bearing.
This is what I'm talking about- it looks like the bushings wore the shafts eveywhere the bushing touched, you can even see it on the shoulder of the yoke.
Here you can see the bushing - don't mind the broken stocker shaft, its just there to keep the oil from going everywhere when I moved the truck.
I did some digging and found that a newer Superduty style seal should fit on the older style axles and provide far better sealing than that single v seal I've been running for years. Here is what I'm going to try-
I've never had a plastic thrush washer in my axle (#58) so I'm not sure what that would change, but I think I can skip the 710044 seal as I'm going to run the newer 710414 and 710413 seal combo.
Image courtesy of Billavista
I don't think that seal will do anything due to seeing those seals sold as an
overpriced kit - buy them from Rock Auto at a
far cheaper price.
This is how the newer stuff goes together - I'm not sure how the old single lip seal and that bushing kept water out of my bearings, but it worked great. This new setup should last quite some time.
Tear down starts this afternoon - wheeling starts on Friday.