Changing 8.75 axle HELP

OK, here we go!! Taking out axles with the tapered bearings is a snap. The adjuster is on the passenger side and is a threaded collar that puts preload on both bearings by use of a "thrust button", located in the center of the center section where the axle ends feed into. There should be about .010" endplay on your axles so you should be able to just take all the bolts off each axle and slide them out without disassembling any of the brake components or anything. The new axles need to be of the same design whereas they use the OE style tapered bearings to put the required preload back on the axles. If they are the same they can just be slid back into place, again with no problems or interference. The endplay on the bearings should be .010" I believe, and to get this you tighten the collar on the adjuster until there is no in and out movement at all, not even a little click. .010" ain't much, so after there is no endplay at all, back off the adjuster about 4 tab holes and check for endplay. If you like, and have one, a dial indicator would get this exact, but I believe no more than 1/2 a turn is about right. That should do it, unless there are other areas you'd like to question. This entire procedure should take about 1/2 hour, it's not very hard to do!!

Good luck with your project, Geof