It's uncanny how the simplest jobs can turn into three-ring circuses. Pop the access plate off and found the rear chain is loose enough to slap the bottom of the case when I jiggle the wheel, and the front chain isn't much tighter. Also there's a thin layer of chocolate milk where the chaincase oil should be.
Go to loosen the rear axle housing. Apparently the incredible hulk was angry the day he put the nuts on. Between that and the rust my impact wouldn't budge them so out came the torque multiplier and breaker bars. Finally got all the nuts loosened and, with the help of a high-lift jack wedged between the housings, chains tightened.
Then I turned my attention to draining the soup de neglect out of the case. Unfortunately 3000 hours of bouncing around on demolition debris had smashed the poor little 3/8" drain plug into oblivion, and my attempts to resurrect it only made it worse. So I decide to bite the bullet and drill it out. Right as I break through the bit catches and snaps the tip off. I knock a punch up into the hole and manage to dislodge the piece of bit, and then finish the hole with a new bit, rust-proofing everything in the vicinity in the process.
This was during,
And here's inside the case. It's hard to tell but the chain was super slack.
Now I'm just waiting on the sealant to dry so I can put new oil in it and test it out. All in all it could've been worse. At least it was a cheap job
