David A.

I want to say thank you to each of you who took the time to research and reply to my question! The information you provided was exactly what I was looking for. After sitting on jack stands for nearly eight months it will sure be great to see it sitting on all fours again.
I did do some research on the speedisleeves. My axles had very deep groves and a lot of deep rust pits near where the seals would ride. From what I read it sounded like the speedisleeves were so thin they would tend to conform to any deep groves in the shaft; hence, some recommended filling the grove with epoxy prior to pressing on the sleeve. That in turn made it very difficult to replace the sleeve when it became necessary to do so. After showing my truck a few times, I hope to enjoy driving it a good deal of the time and I just felt a thicker sleeve might save me some trouble down the road. ....I guess I'm paying for all the trouble up front!
Thank you all again,
David A.