Wait, that does look goofy ? I'm not sure I'm looking at it correctly or how that could even happen at the moment. Any side shots w/wheel removed ?

 

Guess I should have read this first...smart guy!

Still would like to see a side shot.

 

I completely forgot about leaf packs and how they are welded to the axle tubes.
For some reason was just thinking it was just a tube bolted straight to the leaf springs.

 

Leaf packs welded to the axle tubes wut?

 

Yeah, what?

 

I mean the leaf spring perches.
I really need to stay off of here when i'm sleep deprived.

 

Ill get some side shots for you. My moms boyfriend was tell me to cut the welds re center the axle and the re weld the perches. Dont sound too hard

 

If the diff has spun on the axle tubes, just relocating the spring perches will not work. The tubes are loose now and they will spin again. Or worse, bend.

I don't know how the tubes are fixed on the 9.75 axle. On a D44 they have rosette welds - you can spin the tube back, check for straight, and then redo the plug welds and bob's your uncle, no leaf perch relocation required. If that's possible on the 9.75, then that's what you want to do to fix it.

But again, less work probably to just scrounge a used housing and swap it over.