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03-25-2024, 10:50 AM | #21 | |
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Eight hours? I can imagine that if a guy is doing this for the first time. I'd installed so many of these, it's a fairly easy process for me. Getting up and down not so much anymore
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05-04-2024, 09:32 PM | #22 |
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I am unbelievably slow but making progress. Bought an additional pair of jack stands last month then went on vacation. Borrowed a spring spreader from a fellow EFV8 club member.
Spent the morning in the garage and detached the spring, removed the other hub and both backing plates. Was concerned about making a mess with brake fluid but didn't. Just put a paper towel under the brake line as I was disconnecting it and caught the couple of drops that leaked out. Had to stop because I couldn't remember how to disassemble the axle. Looks like I need to drain the oil then remove the LH housing and RH housing. Then the axles come out after I remove the housings. The differential drain and fill plugs are badly rounded out. I'll buy some new ones. I'll wrap my 3/8" drive in shim stock to wrench out the existing ones so I don't strip them out completely. Looks like I'll also have to buy some lock-wire for reassembly of the internals. |
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05-05-2024, 03:38 AM | #23 |
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The axles are all connected with the carriier along with the ring gear. It all comes out the left side after removing the left axle housing . Then remove the right axle housing.
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Agree that this is the worst part. I did mine on a workbench and wouldn't want to do it under the car. Parts get heavier as I get older :-)
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05-05-2024, 06:44 AM | #25 |
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Getting the backlash and gear mesh correctly set is really important for the overall noise and life of the gears. Preload on the pinion is important as well - though you're probably not taking the pinion out of the banjo, so you might get away with leaving it alone.
I can't imagine doing it on the floor of my garage and actually believe it would not be easy to know you had it correctly set. I'd take the whole unit out of the car and work on it where you can really see what the heck you're doing. I make a wooden "box" out of 2" x 6" boards and stand 1/2 of the unit on it (no axles in it) - vertically (with backing plate on). Now that it is supported and about waist high, I can work on the setup of the gears and differential (side gaskets) to get the gear mesh where it needs to be. Once this is all correctly setup, then I put the whole unit together with the axles. I also made a plate that picks up the banjo bolt-circle - so I can work on the unit on an engine stand. This makes a lot of the work a bit easier as well. The only bad part is my stands are not tall enough to completely rotate the unit . . . Oh well! IMG_7500 copy.jpg IMG_7732.jpg IMG_7747 copy.jpg Last edited by Bored&Stroked; 05-05-2024 at 06:50 AM. |
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Stuck again. Can't remove the axle keys to get the housings off over the axle.
This link seems like a good FordBarn thread but neither the center punch, dykes, or vice grips are working for me. I REALLY don't want to move to the cutting wheel stage. |
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05-13-2024, 05:38 AM | #32 |
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Did you get the keys out? One thought I have had in the past, but never had to resort to doing, was to carefully grind the top of the key down enough for the axle housing to slide off. I figured once the axle shaft was separate I could weld something to the key and pull it out without worrying about weld splatter on anything else.
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05-13-2024, 09:28 PM | #33 | |
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I have to work this week but come the weekend I'll go at it again. I'm a tool junkie and ordered another tool which should arrive Friday, 12" nippers. I'll try ice on the key to shrink it then try to pull it out with the new high leverage nippers. Wish me luck. |
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05-13-2024, 10:50 PM | #34 |
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To remove a stuck key, use a drift pin (not a center punch) and mallet to tap the key inboard and up the ramp in the axle. The key has nowhere to go but up and out.
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Wish me luck. |
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05-30-2024, 04:41 PM | #36 |
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Unbelievable. Countless hours over the past 19 days and now the axle keys are out. One of the guys in my Early Ford V8 Club has lot's of experience with this. He came over with his own chisel with the right skew and right bevel, held his mouth just so, swung the hammer just right, and got them both out in less than 10 minutes. Didn't even get his hands dirty.
This guy's worked on dozens, maybe hundreds, of flathead race cars and said he's never been defeated by an axle key. His record is intact! Might get this Columbia done yet. |
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