Thank you 66 Blue Goose. I may take you up on your offer
It does seem to be relatively straight forward... Trepidation for something I haven't done before I guess.
So the center section has been rebuilt, 4:11 open carrier, I believe I have sourced all the parts/seals needed for the kin pins. Doing a GM based frt. disk brake conversion as well.
One side would not come apart. Diff housing was strapped to my bench and I used this Pipe wrench with a 40" extension on it to turn the Top king pin and work it out. Was very careful not to tear it up. The opposing side, loosened the 8 bolts and the king pins pushed out on their own??? Came right apart. Bower bearings were wasted, grease was powdered on both sides. Everything seems correct from what I read, of the parts I took out. Original Timken outer housing seal on the side that didn't want to come apart.
I have wire-wheeled everything and painted the housing with Eastwood's chassis paint. Hope to start assembly this afternoon, borrowing an inch torque wrench for the preload, each top kin pin had 6 - shims. I will start with that.
Paul sent / scanned a number of pages from service manuals he had. I decoded the axle BOM so it seems correct for my Bronco (68 1/2 -> 69)
Thanks again for your offer.
Parts: (4) King Pin kits from WH's, plus a shim kit.
Outer axle tube seals from WH's, they have no markings. Got a number from Napa but they couldn't find them in the state. (2" OD x 1 3/8" ID)
D30 - Diff cover gasket from Napa
Gear set, carrier, bearings, inner seals from West Coast Differential.
I guess this is a build thread now...