Front diff has some major problems...what should I start doing?

[ls1frc]

Derick, if you sell her, you've done all the work for the next guy and didn't get to enjoy the fruits of your labor. I'm of mind to rebuild the differential but it certainly would be easier to get a good one out of the boneyard and swap it out.

I look at it this way (and did before purchase), I paid $17K for a $62K dollar truck (2107 dollars) and the trade off I accepted were the occasional repairs and maintenance that the guy before me paid the big bucks to avoid. I don't mind being that guy, I've enjoyed being that guy, but right now I'm not that guy! hehehe So, I drive a great high dollar truck and fix things as they come up to maintain what the Lord gave me.

+1

Even 2016 with comparable options to my fully loaded SLT with 80k on them are 35-40k. And those are used too, so you're gonna be doing similar work.

There does become a point where it may not be worth it. That would be excessive rust or if it's a daily driver and something is broken constantly and leaving you stranded.

With mine, I am going to try to keep the rust at bay as long as I can but if it starts becoming unreliable, I will make it a spare vehicle. By that time won't be worth selling anyway.