I just had the driver side axle come out of the front differential on my big tow off road 04 with only 30k on the odometer. I can probably change out the diff. My self but I want to know what you guys think would be the best option....have 30k one rebuilt (not sure if this can be made to work) buy new, or buy used (this makes me sick having one with 30k on it going to one with who knows how many miles on it). Any suggestions are appreciated.
I think most people just fix it as long as you didn't lose all your diff fluid; there's a retaining clip that holds it into place. It's common enough that it's been discussed here several times and I don't remember anyone having to replace the whole differential because of it.