costed me $800 and it was a pita to find one for a 97-03 f150 after i got it i found out i coulda got one out of a 87-96 also and just put my axles in it
the gears in the carrier are shears off the ring and pinion are fine hes sending me pics shortly then ill post them up
No need to pull the front drive shaft... Unless you think yer gonna put it in 4x by accident... I installed 4.56s in the rear of my truck, just haven't got around to doin the front yet... and my front driveshaft is still in