Rear end change

This week I did a rear end swap. The driver complained about noise coming from his second axle rear end. So I drained the oil and found metal and on the magnetic check plug there was a chunk of metal there as well. To remove the rear end I welded a hook to the top for the forklift to hook on to it. I removed the axles, drive shaft, and unbolted the rear end along with inner axle lock air line. And out it came pretty easy. To install the new rear end I cleaned the housing very well made sure there were no broken metal pieces any where. Then I applied silicone where the rear end meets the axle housing. Then I took the yoke off of the old rear end and put it on the new one and also I welded a hook to it. We slid it in with the forklift put long bolts to help align it and it slid right in. Pretty easy job but seems tough. I learned ways to make my life easier like welding a hook to the rear end and to use super long studs instead of small aligning studs. You don't have to fight with it. Here are some pictures!