Well, after a few weeks I finally get to start assembling the rearend for the pickup. As I went to install the ring gear, I happen to look into the splines of the spool and notice I have some damaged splines on the drivers side. Hmmm. The axles are fine, no damage. The splines are chipped out for about an inch. The axles engage about 2".
Now comes the time I need to decide if I put another spool in, or change out to something like this S trac? The spool is a WHOLE lot cheaper. $150 compared to $1000. Yikes.