47 ford rear axle

[Kube]

There is no need to remove the driveshaft in order to replace the axle.

[Old Henry]

Originally Posted by Kube

There is no need to remove the driveshaft in order to replace the axle.

That is true except the car is parked up next to a wall on the left so I can’t pull the axle out without removing the rear end from the car and I don’t want to disconnect the bell housing for the U joint because that’s so hard to get back together. It looks like it might be easier to figure out a way to swing the back end of the car away from the wall than get the driveshaft coupler pin out and remove the rear end from the car. I’ll probably give that a try before I get the air hammer to pound out the coupler pin

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by Old Henry

That is true except the car is parked up next to a wall on the left so I can’t pull the axle out without removing the rear end from the car and I don’t want to disconnect the bell housing for the U joint because that’s so hard to get back together. It looks like it might be easier to figure out a way to swing the back end of the car away from the wall than get the driveshaft coupler pin out and remove the rear end from the car. I’ll probably give that a try before I get the air hammer to pound out the coupler pin

Mon Dieu! If you have a floor jack with four round wheels on it, it ain't much of a chore to move the rear of the car sideways and away from the wall.

Coop

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[Old Henry]

Originally Posted by Kube

There is no need to remove the driveshaft in order to replace the axle.

I think I figured it out. I don’t have to slide anything very far toward the wall to replace the axle. I just disconnect that left side axle housing from the differential, slide it away from the differential enough for it to drop down with the axle, slide the broken axle out, slide the bearings off of it, slide the bearings onto the new axle, slide the axle into the housing, lift up the housing and bolt it onto the differential (with new gaskets of varying thickness to load the bearing properly.) Is that the physics of the thing? Is that how it can work without all the extra effort I’m going into to remove the entire rear end from the car?