97 chey rear end

[m74cran]

one of my carrier bearings expolded and broke my shim, the inner race of the bearing spun on the carrier and groved it, it's shot, i'm no mechcanic so I won't even try to shim to get .006 -.012 backlash, so I'm calling around for a used rear end and I hear prices from $400 used to $850 for a rebuild, I'm wonding what years fit 97 chev 1500 4x4 10 bolt 3.73 gears, I'm hoping a older rear end will be cheaper because no one has bailed me out....how do I get the smell off my hands dish soap don't work....thank you for looking

[maxwedge]

Welcome to AF, joined ther diff fluid party, huh. An orange based hand soap or straight lemon juice works. Any salvage yard can give you interchange info for a complete axle assy., which you may need if the housing is damaged where the shims are adjacent to.

[m74cran]

update it's been done for 600 mi or so and no problem, I did rebuild, called around and found a used rear end for $175 missing one axel shaft just used one of my old ones, got it home ripped it apart, got a bearing puller from o'rileys auto parts store and the kit did not have the right size but i tried it anyway, when i slid the hammer back it pulled the guts right out, so i brought the rear end to a shop, the rear end was bear bones with just the bearings in it, they pulled the 6 bearings and replaced them along with the 3 seals and tightend the crush sleve for $100, all in all i spent $667.73 plus my time out of work i figure it cost me more than $1000.00, would have been cheaper to buy a rebuilt for $800.00, but man did i rack up the man points.