blew my rear end. got a few questions. help please!
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and fyi. i got the axle code off my door and looked it up. i have 3.55 gears. exactly how difficult is it to rebuild one of these? i know it has to be done right or it'll whine or break and i know you need some kind of gauge. ive seen people do them but never really understood how its done
im just gonna get a whole new rear axle out of the scrap yard...a place around here has one for 60 bucks but youll prolly never pay more than 200 anywhere anyway. thats the easiest way to go i think
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@Steve83 yes i have. the pinion gear looks like its missing some teeth and there were what looked like loose bearings inside just flying around. and the outer side of the gears on the pinion gear looked like it was missing chunks. i guess those bearings got up in there. there was metal shavings in my oil too
and fyi. i got the axle code off my door and looked it up. i have 3.55 gears. exactly how difficult is it to rebuild one of these? i know it has to be done right or it'll whine or break and i know you need some kind of gauge. ive seen people do them but never really understood how its done
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ahh true. i would like to do that but i dont have the money to pay someone to rebuild them so i can watch. i wish i could. it'd be cheaper to go to a junkyard and get an axle and just change the oil in it and bolt it right on. the spider gear seemed to be in good shape. i didnt examine it too well. i saw the bad pinion gear and just put the diff cover back on and said the hell with it
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[QUOTE=5.04x4;4348198exactly how difficult is it to rebuild one of these? i know it has to be done right or it'll whine or break and i know you need some kind of gauge. ive seen people do them but never really understood how its done[/QUOTE]Read this PDF:
http://www.fordracingparts.com/downl...And-Pinion.pdf
http://www.fordracingparts.com/downl...And-Pinion.pdf
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that looks way too complicated on paper haha i wish i understood but ive always learned by actually doing it. its alright i'm just going to swap the whole axle. it just seems like less of a headache for me right now. eventually i'll learn. or maybe i'll take apart my broken axle after i swap it and kind of see how it goes together and whatnot. thanks for the help tho!
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well good news guys. after being out of commission for over 2 months i finally found a junkyard with the right axle and gear ratio for 250 bucks. brake drum to brake drum. i even got extra brake lines, and a sway bar that mine didn't come with!
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From: st. pete, fl
too bad i didnt see this sooner, i got a complete 8.8 ive been trying to get rid of for almost a year...