Are the outer ujoints replaceable on the 95 F250 4wd with the IFS (split) front axle? It doesn't appear to me that those ujoints have retaining clips on the outer side of the ujoint caps. If these ujoints are replaceable, are the retaining clips on the inside of the yokes or are the ujoints held in some other way? Thanks.

 

I just did my 95 f350 monobeam. I replaced rotors, pads, u-joints, axle bearing in the spindle (4x4) and one lower ball joint. It ran me about $330 using mostly NAPA parts. Shop around. The u-joints were $50 each at two parts houses and $20 at Checker Auto. The lower ball joint was $70 at two other houses, $38 at NAPA and $29 at Checker again.

Your and my ujoints have "inner" clips. The clips are on the u-jiont side fo the caps. If you scrape the grease off, you will see a black band of metal, the clip, sitting in a groove in the cap. Mine are about 5/8ths the circumference of the u-joint cap. They end near a shelf of metal on the u-joint yoke. You can pry them off with a slot-head screw driver.

The u-joints on my f350 are huge. I could not pound them through. I had to take them to a local garage which used a torch to heat them before pounding them out. That cost me $20 per shaft which I thought was reasonable.

I recommend that you get a Haynes manual. It has a pretty good description of your procedure.

 

Thanks for the help.
- Ron