jhthornley

got axle seal leak on driver side..

car is in the air now.

wheel, rotor, diff cover are all off... fluid drained..

Axle won't come out.. (not bent). I read about removing c-clip... I pushed the axle in to max... but can't see "c-clip"..

read something about a "block". is that the bronze colored cylinder right between the two axles? It won't allow me to push the axle in any more.

How do I remove it? Do I remove it?

I've seen the c-clip on a past Ford van I owned... how far from the end of the axle will the c-clip be? I can see about 3/16" of axle next to that bronze colored cylinder.

Any/All help appreciated.

I did search, but came up w/ not much... off to shoebox's site to troll around.

thx

John T

slowride94z

its been a while since Ive done it but
you have to remove the cross pin first then the axle will go in further
the c clip is at the end of the axle may be 3/16"
a magnet retrieval tool works good to remove it

jhthornley

found it... axle is out. :-)

saw a "sticky" w/ diagram at the top of the drivetrain threads... thx for that..

bonehead move on my part was initially I'd put it up on ramps so I could easily drain the differential. Then I lift the driver's side rear so I can remove the wheel, brake caliper, rotor etc... good so far..

Then I read about the cross pin BUT... the 8mm bolt that holds it in is not visible... AND now my passenger side is on a ramp...

Had to put some boards under the jack and then put that side on jack stands too...

I was then finally able to spin the passenger wheel which in turn rotated the ring gear etc...

AND finally I was able to get the 8mm bolt that holds in the cross bolt...

so now I've got the axle out and am looking for a tool of mine to remove the seal and bearing from the axle tube end... typical... I can't find it. Will probably stop by advance and "rent" a tool???

Thought this was going to be a "slam dunk"... turning out to be a PITA..

Thx for the help tho... This site rocks. W/in reason I don't fear any jobs anymore, because there's always you guys to bounce questions off..

JT

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