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Sep 30, 2016 | 04:33 PM

Glenn.b1

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Front diff Removal

I have a '99 F250 Super Duty 6.8 V10 4 Wheel Drive. I am trying to replace the inner oil seals and need to remove the the diff. the book calls for a Diff housing spreader PT#205-001. Is this tool really necessary?? Where can I get One??
Thanks for your help in advance.

Sep 30, 2016 | 07:22 PM

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bump to the top. Not too many ever need to service the front diff. Hopefully someone chimes in.

Did you try to google it

Sep 30, 2016 | 09:15 PM

Glenn.b1

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Tried google, no help. Tried eBay and found 3 different ones. $130 to $170 bucks. I was able to pull it out with no problems and replace the seals with a piece of threaded rod and the right size washers. Also went back in fairly easily. so I guess if you are not replacing the bearings you don't need it.

Oct 1, 2016 | 08:23 PM

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Mine came out also without it...Good job on the seals. I did mine a while back..

Oct 1, 2016 | 11:28 PM

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Have put off the job for 6 months because of all the work to replace just 1 seal. Replaced both seals & all the vacuum seals in the hubs as well. They needed it.

Oct 2, 2016 | 06:50 AM

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Glad you got it. I would have thought that any real work on the front diff is rare, other than fluid.

Maybe not so rare after all.

Oct 2, 2016 | 07:22 AM

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I think it's rare for bearing issues because of how rarely the front axle gets used in most cases. Seals fail with age, though, and I suspect we'll be seeing more of these as time goes on.