skinner
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- Louisville, KY
- Vehicle Year
- 1998
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- Ford
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- 3.0
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- Manual
Hey guys, it's been a while, but winter is back upon me and I need to tackle getting the front driveshaft back in finally. I had replaced the clutch and bolted everything back in except the front driveshaft, and found reinstalling it an exercise in frustration and cusswords. It's the style that has the UJoint on the front axle and a CV style with ball bearings on the front of the tcase. The problem being, I can't get the tcase side back in. I feel like a lot of the problem is clearence, it seems I can only really go at it at an angle, and when I go to force it in all the balls go flying, I cuss, rinse and repeat.
So, anyone have any pointers or good advice here? Does the front flange need to come off the axle for clearence or can it be installed with everything else intact?
Thanks for any help at all....I'd hate to take it to the shop for the first time but I don't know how much more abuse I can take!
So, anyone have any pointers or good advice here? Does the front flange need to come off the axle for clearence or can it be installed with everything else intact?
Thanks for any help at all....I'd hate to take it to the shop for the first time but I don't know how much more abuse I can take!