Hi, I'm new to the site but this thread is the closest I have found to my answer. I plan to change my ball joints and would like to do it myself, i printed off the instructions and headed the the part store, but the guy there said there is no axle seal for my truck. Is this true or is he just not up to date? I'd love to know if this write up will work for me before i tear into my front end. I have a 2001, 5.4 L V8 F250 Crew Cab
Hi, I'm new to the site but this thread is the closest I have found to my answer. I plan to change my ball joints and would like to do it myself, i printed off the instructions and headed the the part store, but the guy there said there is no axle seal for my truck. Is this true or is he just not up to date? I'd love to know if this write up will work for me before i tear into my front end. I have a 2001, 5.4 L V8 F250 Crew Cab
Thanks!
there is no axle seal for the main axle shaft.. see the pdf i posted in this thread here it is again truckhelpdesk.com/web/ball.pdf there is a dust seal on the main shaft and the short shaft has the knuckle seal kenny
After reading through this twice, How come most of the pictures in the list of how this job is done wont come up? Its like its just parts stores or adds or something, some of the pics come up but by far not all.
Some of the text words are set up as hot links to definitions, sponsors or something else. Just because it is highlight does not mean that it goes to something that the poster added. Hover your mouse over it and if it points to something that has "wwww.fordtrucks.com" and is not a .jpg, then it's probably something that the website did, not the author.
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Hi, I'm new to the site but this thread is the closest I have found to my answer. I plan to change my ball joints and would like to do it myself, i printed off the instructions and headed the the part store, but the guy there said there is no axle seal for my truck. Is this true or is he just not up to date? I'd love to know if this write up will work for me before i tear into my front end. I have a 2001, 5.4 L V8 F250 Crew Cab
Thanks!
I'm not sure if this is the same with your truck or not, but with my 2004 F350 I wasn't able to buy the larger axle seal from any parts store (and I went to 7 of them). One salesperson told me it was because of the ESOF (electronic shift on the fly) vaccum hose that is hooked up to the wheel knuckle - it is a specialized part. You have to go to a Ford dealership to get it. I went this morning and it was $70 or almost $80 after taxes, the part # is F81Z-3254-CB (for my truck anyway). This was in Canada so I'm sure it is cheaper in the U.S.
Hope this helps but again I don't know of this is the same for your truck.
...Dave
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I made my own seal driver from a piece of 12"x 1 1/4" threaded steel pipe. I then purchased a 4" floor flange to fit the pipe. I had a machinist turn the flange down to 3 3/16" to fit the seal. The tool does double duty as well. Works great for driving out the lower ball joints witht the open end. Ford cost: $256.00 Home Depot cost: $17.00
I made my own seal driver from a piece of 12"x 1 1/4" threaded steel pipe. I then purchased a 4" floor flange to fit the pipe. I had a machinist turn the flange down to 3 3/16" to fit the seal. The tool does double duty as well. Works great for driving out the lower ball joints witht the open end. Ford cost: $256.00 Home Depot cost: $17.00
I made my own seal driver from a piece of 12"x 1 1/4" threaded steel pipe. I then purchased a 4" floor flange to fit the pipe. I had a machinist turn the flange down to 3 3/16" to fit the seal. The tool does double duty as well. Works great for driving out the lower ball joints witht the open end. Ford cost: $256.00 Home Depot cost: $17.00
I was able to get the pipe flange down to size by putting it to the bench grinder for a few seconds.
i wonder whose ball joints they used... moog would have costed about 120$ total... so that only leaves about 300 bux for labor... you couldnt pay me to do that for 300 bux
i do it on my own truck cause its fun though
kenny
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