This is another repair job that may seem like too much to the automotive hobbyist but really isn't too bad if you have the right tools and some direction.
I had the pleasure of doing this on a lift but this can easily be done in the driveway.
Forgive me if i leave out small basic steps involving wrench turning safety and common\obvious things like raising the car safely and putting gear oil back in it.
Once you have the pumpkin cover off, you will need to turn the drive shaft (leave it in neutral) until you come to the 8mm - 5/16 hex head pin bolt (red). Carefully remove this (with a 6-point box wrench ideally) and push out the large center pin (green) through the bottom if it hasn't slipped out already.
Now you can push in the axles (take the drums off) and fish out the C-clips holding them in. It's ok to just push them out letting them fall, you just have to fish them out of the dirty oil in the bottom.
Be careful not the turn the axles too much while doing this, or the spider gears will fall out of place. They can be put right back in, you just have to get them both back exactly right to line them up for the center pin.
You can now pull the axles out and inspect them for damage. As you can see, this one was very worn out, since Ford had the great idea of using the axle itself as the inner bearing race.
They make "repair bearings" which take the place of both the bearing and seal, the extra room allowing the bearings to ride off the worn area of the axle. This will work if you can't find a replacement axle, but results vary in the long run.
I had the pleasure of doing this on a lift but this can easily be done in the driveway.
Forgive me if i leave out small basic steps involving wrench turning safety and common\obvious things like raising the car safely and putting gear oil back in it.
Once you have the pumpkin cover off, you will need to turn the drive shaft (leave it in neutral) until you come to the 8mm - 5/16 hex head pin bolt (red). Carefully remove this (with a 6-point box wrench ideally) and push out the large center pin (green) through the bottom if it hasn't slipped out already.
Now you can push in the axles (take the drums off) and fish out the C-clips holding them in. It's ok to just push them out letting them fall, you just have to fish them out of the dirty oil in the bottom.
Be careful not the turn the axles too much while doing this, or the spider gears will fall out of place. They can be put right back in, you just have to get them both back exactly right to line them up for the center pin.
You can now pull the axles out and inspect them for damage. As you can see, this one was very worn out, since Ford had the great idea of using the axle itself as the inner bearing race.
They make "repair bearings" which take the place of both the bearing and seal, the extra room allowing the bearings to ride off the worn area of the axle. This will work if you can't find a replacement axle, but results vary in the long run.
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) One side of the pin-hole in the larger pin is slightly tapered out - face this end toward the pin-bolt to avoid stressing the pin (you don't want that to break)...
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