im replacin my u joints in my front axel an cant get tha axel shafts out of the diff is there any tricks to it ive got an 87 f150 4x4 with a dana 44 thanks

 

I assume you already have the hubs and spindles off. The drivers side should pull right out of the diff, the passenger side has an accordian boot with clamps at both ends. Remove the outer most clamp and the axleshaft should pull right out. Sometimes they can be a little sticky you can stick a prybar on the backside of one of the ears on the u-joint of the axleshaft, and pry against the housing... it should pull right out. When putting the passenger side back together, make sure to clean and grease the splines on the axleshaft end that goes into the accordian boot. The center u-joint you might be able to change in the truck. I either pull the diff housing out, or drop the entire drivers side TTB assembly out of the truck... not much fun. Hope this helps!
John

 

thanks a lot yes have taken off all that found more **** inside broke gonna rob all that stuff off an slightly older bronco an get rid of the tophat style hubs thanks again

 

Oh... you have the flange hubs. You'll have to change out a lot to convert to the other style hubs. If the gear ratio in the Bronco matches your truck, just swap out the whole axle. It's a lot less work.

 

If you are looking for a set I scrapped out an 88 F150 last winter, it had good hubs on it still. If you're interested send me a PM.

 

ive already got a doner free even but ill keep ya in mind just incase thanks for the info guys

 

well i finnaly got my truck back together thanks fer all tha advice