Need some directions on this fast please.

oldman · 07-28-2001, 03:09 PM

You can have it out in about 45 minutes if you have help. Now. . .getting it back in takes a bit longer because of the brakes and assorted hardware bit it's really not hard to do at all. Trust, I have a 18 year old who's managed to break 3 in the past two years. (got an 8.8 now. . . finally)

Here's an easy way to do it. Raise the car and support the car with good jackstands. Raise it enough to give yourself some room. You're gonna have to have a floor jack to support the rear end from this point on. Remove the brake line going to the rearend. This is probably easiest to undo it at the floorpan connection. ( is for me anyway) Now for the tough part. Remove the emergency brake cable and to do this ya gotta remove the brakes. Be patient, you likely will have several new names for FORD motor company before you get em free. After that you can remove the shocks at the axle. Start with the upper control arms and remove the bolt at the axle side, it just seems easier to go this route for me. You can remove the other two bolts alter when you have lossa more room to work in. After that you can remove the bolts from the axle side of the lower control arms and you got yerself an axle. Have some help with you when you remove the last two bolts as the axle likes to try to flip over on the jack when you do.

I know, overly simplified but it really isn't that hard to do. Have fun.

[This message has been edited by oldman (edited 07-28-2001).]

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07-28-2001, 03:09 PM	#4
oldman Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Amarillo, Texas, 79107 Posts: 78	You can have it out in about 45 minutes if you have help. Now. . .getting it back in takes a bit longer because of the brakes and assorted hardware bit it's really not hard to do at all. Trust, I have a 18 year old who's managed to break 3 in the past two years. (got an 8.8 now. . . finally) Here's an easy way to do it. Raise the car and support the car with good jackstands. Raise it enough to give yourself some room. You're gonna have to have a floor jack to support the rear end from this point on. Remove the brake line going to the rearend. This is probably easiest to undo it at the floorpan connection. ( is for me anyway) Now for the tough part. Remove the emergency brake cable and to do this ya gotta remove the brakes. Be patient, you likely will have several new names for FORD motor company before you get em free. After that you can remove the shocks at the axle. Start with the upper control arms and remove the bolt at the axle side, it just seems easier to go this route for me. You can remove the other two bolts alter when you have lossa more room to work in. After that you can remove the bolts from the axle side of the lower control arms and you got yerself an axle. Have some help with you when you remove the last two bolts as the axle likes to try to flip over on the jack when you do. I know, overly simplified but it really isn't that hard to do. Have fun. [This message has been edited by oldman (edited 07-28-2001).]