S.TrooperJD

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Do you have the truck on jack stands?

kchill93

it currently is supported by the jack stands, yes

S.TrooperJD

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Do you have just one side with the ubolts removed?

S.TrooperJD

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From looking at the picture. It looks like the shocks rotated the axle. I would unbolt the shocks from the axle. Remove drive shaft. Now axle should rotate back into position.

kchill93

i unbolted shocks before I tried letting the rear axle down, but I agree about the rest. Need to probably release the drive shaft and get it straight again. Too dark to get anything done until tmrw

DAI6.2

This is why I did one side at a time, just dont torque anything up till both sides are in.

zimm17

Yeah, next time only do one block at a time.

Remove the driveshaft. Get a ratcheting cargo strap and use it do winch the axle into position one side at time along with a floor jack for height. I once had a F250 front axle roll away doing a lift on a sloped driveway, that wasn't fun.

Stang69428

You should probably check the brake line going from the frame to the rear axle and make sure it isn't damaged.

etothen

Not a nightmare, no one was hurt and so far you have not done anything that can not be undone. That said the first thing you need to do is make extra sure you can not drop the truck on yourself while you are doing this. Strategically placed pieces of wood that will stop the truck from crushing you are called cribbing and are an extremely good idea. Blocking your front wheels in place is a must. Lift the body of the truck on both sides and place some 'just in case' cribbing under it on both sides. Then you need to get a floor jack under the diff and lift it enough that both wheels are off the ground and the drive-line will reach and slip back in. Then you need someone underneath to look at and and align splines so you can mate them back up with the rest of the drive line.

To do this you will also need a second person to rotate one of the wheels (which should be up in the air at this point) to change the orientation of the splines so you can mate them back up. Be careful with the rear axle, it is heavy enough to kill you too, make sure you think through all of your moves and communicate them with your helper person before you attempt them, communication at this point is important. Once you get the splines realigned you can work on rotating the axle all the way back into position.

None of this is as important as making sure that you will not die if this all falls down, the second most important thing is making sure none of it will be damaged if this all falls down. Both of these objectives can be achieved with strategic piles of wood near the jack stands that currently hold it up. Please do not put in a Darwin award submission, it is just a truck, gravity is a *itch and everything you need to do will be putting that heavy truck above your fragile body. Be paranoid and live.

SSowinski

When I removed my blocks one at a time I had something similar happen but only about half an inch out. I put a piece of 2x4 under the back of the wheel (and on the other side, the front) and pried to roll the tire back into place so the pins would line up again before lowering the truck back down.

You can do the same but you'll need to line up the shaft and have someone lower the truck at the jack while you do it so it's a minimum 3 person job now. The block removal was basically a 2 person job as it was. Don't fret, it's all fixable just take your time and you'll have it fixed in an hour. Good luck!