[DeTomaso] bent solid axle shaft--NPC

[Guido deTomaso]

My guess is that is an 8.8" axle which is similar in many aspect to my two
7.5's and identical in others.  Take off the inspection cover, find a single
screw that holds the spider gear shaft in place, take out the screw and the
shaft, this will let the axle move inward a tad, then the C-clip can fall
out, then the axle will slide out.

It'll be mess with the gear lube and all, and your access might not be too
good under there, but the job itself is simple, the only fasteners to deal
with hold on the cover plus the one screw holding that spider shaft in
place.  Allocate some time to merely marvel at the barbaric simplicity of it
all.

Or, I could be wrong.

Guy D.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Pantdino at aol.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 3:43 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] bent solid axle shaft--NPC


> Hi, All,
>
> My son sideswiped a streetlamp with his '97 Ford Explorer.  When you jack
it
> up, take the wheel off, and let the car run, the brake disc outer edge has
> about 1mm of fore-aft runout and 2-3mm lateral runout.  The center metal
(axle
> shaft itself, I presume) is doing the same thing. So my conclusion is that
the
> axle shaft is bent.
>
> What is involved in replacing it?  Expensive job? What's involved in
freeing
> the inboard side from the diff gears?
>
> I have no experience with this kind of problem.
>
> thanks,
> Jim
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