Really, its just 14 bolts. ITs pretty simple. Raise the car and let the rearend hang. Place a floorjack underneath the pumpkin and lift and lower as needed to take the weight off the bolts. Undo the bolts for the shocks first to get the rear to lower even more. Then undo the 2 bolts per side to take off the sway bar. Then undo the bolts for each upper control arm bolt to the housing. This should make the rear low and lax enough to play with. Have a friend step on the drum to push the rearend down, and then pull out the springs. Once they are out, unbolt the driveshaft. Last are the bolts for the lower control arms, 1 each to the housing. Make sure the housing is supported so it doesnt just fall. Somewhere along all this, make sure you undo the brakelines from the housing. Undo the lines from the drums, and then undo the tabs holding the lines down, and then there may be a bolt that holds the junction box to the pumpkin. Just let the lines lay there after you pull the housing out. This job is easy enough to do by yourself but a friend really helps. when the rearend is hanging, the springs become loose enough that they are not a safety issue. In fact, when you go to put everything together you can just slide them back in without a spring compresser. I just swapped rearends like 10 days ago so its still pretty fresh to me. If your any kind of mechanic the rest should come to you, but thats pretty much all it takes. Youll definitely need a floor jack, and air tools really help. And just take out the housing bolts for the control arms, no need to completely remove them. Although now is a great time to upgrade those.
