Front axle u joint replace or change on a 1987 - 1996 Ford f150 or bronco 4x4
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- This video may be similar for 1987 to 1996 ford f150 pickups and broncos. There is a sister video of changing ball joints on my channel. Removing the e-clip for the inner passenger side axle can be seen on my Dana 44 Spartan Locker install video.
I just did the ball joints on my 1995 f150 and i wanna say thanks for the video. Very helpful and well done on how to take the 4 wheel drive apart.
Man I have been searching everywhere to figure out where that spacer goes! Thank you so much
Thank you sir, for these vids. I've got a 93 just about to turn 200k. Slowly but surely getting the front end back to snuff. Sure enough after the new axle bushings and tie rods, it isolated the ball joints. Looks like I've got a full weekend date with the old girl.
Living your F150 front end and suspension tech videos. Very well done and informative.
The 87 had an easy to work on hub/brake system. Only Ford made the 4X4 hubs for it. I have an 87 and used it for years. When making my Bronco a prerunner and more performance and strong I changed gear ratio for 35" tires and added lockers. Impressed with them I was going up a sand hill. I thought it did good as it could and it went up great. BUT IT STOPPED GOING UP BECAUSE BOTH HUBS SHATTERED AND I ONLY HAD REAR WHEEL DRIVE. The engine was still stock power. I converted the hub/brake stuff to the hubs Warn and others sold. I plated and gusseted my cut and turned 4" lift with LONG chromoly heim joint mounted radius arms. I put in the F250 swing axle U joint and chromoly front axles. Much longer King Shocks all cycled and strapped at 17" of 4x4 travel. The Raptor has 13" of front travel. It is so amazing and I have had 4x4 trucks always and put the best lift kits off road shops like 4 wheel parts sold. Disco kits with disco Rancho shocks LOL. Not this.. th-cam.com/video/OIYPKwUbzNE/w-d-xo.html
Thank you. This is only video that showes the seal placement. Hope your well. Take care
I always wondered what was behind those manually locking hubs. Thanks for posting this in sequence, as you worked through the problem.
Dave
Most informative video on TH-cam thanks man
Excellent video thanks much I replaced my axles (all 4) spindles, rotors, bearings, U-Joints etc on both sides of my 87 Bronco Full size after watching this & had no surprises I have had a issue finder the correct spanner socket but I made it work I had the top hat locking hubs like the ones on Bronco 2s & Rangers now I have Wrn Stainless lockers thanks to ur video.
Rule number one always have all the proper tools on hand.Nothing makes a job go alot smoother then having the right tools for the right job
THANKS! I've never replaced a u-joint before, doing it for the 1st time and your video has been a BIG help!
Great video. Not a lot of hearing yourself talk. Rather refreshing.
Thanks for the great video!! It's nice to see how my front end comes apart. You make it look so easy!
you have a lot of patience. Great videos. Very complete
hey this is a real clean step by step video thanks for posting this
Thanks for the video. FWIW, there is not a missing part where the axle seal sits. Mine is smooth, shiny, and not pitted. An alternate method for removing the spindle that I've used in to replace the nut on the end and (carefully!) tap with a heaving (2 lb) hammer on the flat of the nut, alternating from side to side. It will soon loosen enough to come out.
Just remember, chevy and dodge fans. There is a definite correlation between Fords using four ball joints and you seeing more 20+ year old fords on the road than the trucks with no springs and the one with a mutton head on it.
Thank you so much for showing that seal part number! I couldn't find it anywhere online.
Great video! Saved me a hour of messing around!!! Thank you
Great video, it was very help. This also applied to my 1980 so probably also applicable to a bunch of earlier models
Thanks for the video. Nice job putting it together.
Good to see you got it done! Bring on the snow.
Nice video. I am trying to build the desire to replace the u-joints and ball joints on both sides. I have to do it before the snow flies, but the desire is lacking...
that's just how projects run. you make a ton a progress then run away from it for a couple of weeks to build the courage to go back and hammer at it again.
Thanks, didnt see it, I'll check out the BK1. Also, for everyone asking about spindle removal, I have a spindle puller that threads on and uses a slider to pull offf. Chisels and smacking it with a hammer is not recomended. Also the Napa 377 U joints went thru knucke with no problem.
got to change my front universel joints on my f350 4x4 tomorrow now i can do that thanks
thanks for documenting all your hard work.
I just did this on my 83 bronco it’s pretty much the same for the most part
In the event that you have oversize tires on your jeep. have someone turn the steering wheel to the extreme in both directions and look to insure the wheels are not touching ( rubbing against ) the rest of the Jeep when the wheels are turned all the way left and right. Smaller tires may be the answer. There are other options, but this is the easiest and fastest . Best of Luck
The u-joints are different from the front drive axle, MOOG sells U-Joints with needle injection grease fitting. It has to be installed after the u-joint goes through the Spindle mounting hole. The drive shafts u-joints won't fit the front drive axles unless you grind and file the u-joints. I would not recommend
Very good video
Can't take the suspense! How did you end up pressing the u joints on after your little snafu?
Since the snap ring is inside the yoke, he probably just pressed the caps in a hair more and pushed the cap seals more firmly against the cross.
Really great video thanks
nice vid,very rusty parts but they came off kinda easy.
Great video! Thank you.
I have a 1987 F150 4x4. Old truck and the front axles are bad. I am not using the 4x4. The front axles are loose and when I drive the truck they are making all kinds on noise. Can I just pull the axles like you show in the video and not put them back in? Don't have the funds to do the repair and I need the truck to get back and forth to work.
Great video, I can’t wait to do the job with your help👍🏾 by the way what size is the spanner tool? Thanks again
Great vid! I would never use a chisel on a machined surface tho, just wooden mallet
Then you’d never get one of these buggers out. I just pounded a large cold chisel with a small sledgehammer for over an hour. Wore myself out. Finally she came loose. Moving the chisel and blows around the circumference a hair at a time.
It's too bad they don't make something to go over that pitted part where the seal rides. I guess you just have to grease the seal up and hope for the best if you don't have a lathe. My old Chevy was all pitted like that. That seal will probably last at least a few years if you have manual hubs and don't use 4wd that often.
Awesome video. Thanks for the post.. Not a fan of anti seeze though.. If you leave stuff for years on end without touching it, it makes it seeze in even harder.. lol
Oldsmob455, thanks so much for a great... I mean GREAT video.
Properly edited so we don't have to spend 20 minutes watching you wire wheel those nuts and another 15 minutes deburring... Great job.
Question if you can... are all of these trucks basically the same ? I've got a 94 F150 XLT and there were NO snap rings on the end of the drive shaft when you first take the cover off. Is this an issue ? Seems to me it would pretty important to keep the axle in place... mine slides in and out slightly and has side to side play as well.
My first time into a four wheel drive... lots of other wrenching experience, including diesel truck shop, just no 4x4 work to date yet.
Thanks in advance.
im 5 years late but, your front suspension may not be a dana 44 or may not be the same as this one. I would look under your truck and under the front differential should be a large cast stamp. Mine says 44. I have a 95 f150 XLT. God Bless and have a wonderful and fruitful life. Take time to read the Bible daily!
Good video. I have an 85 f250 making lots of noise in front end when hubs locked in and I'm thinking it u joints but not for sure
what seal part number did you use I seen the brs-79 does that come with the needle bearing seal too or is that a different part # supply # if u remember it having hard time searching and findind all the axle seals
I know it wasn't professional bit I ground some of the u joint to make it fit wen I did mine, like a 1/16th on each corner, it won't harm anything...
Great video. thank you, I have to do both sides on my 1988 f-150. with this video it make it look easier than I thought. thumbs up and thanks... how about the passenger side? that has 2 u-joints?? is that the same other than the 2 u-joints? again great video thank you....
I see all these videos of the driver side 4x4 u-joint being replaced. I can't find one for the passenger side. Mine has 2 U-joints and the axle doesn't come out like the driver side. Haynes book shows that the Pig has a "C" clip that retains the Axle inside. I can't think for the whatever reason why the passenger side would be different. Any help or websites on how to get this done?
You have to drop the pumpkin to get the inner passenger axle out. It can bee seen in my Dana 44 Spartan Locker install video.
ya that is the sucky u joint to do.. :-)
The pumpkin is not hooked up either. The axles are loose where they go into the spindle. When I hit a bump the catch on something and make a loud clanking noise. If I could follow your video and just remove them think the noise would quit. Like I said I am not using the 4 wheel drive stuff at all. Just trying to stop the knocking and worried that they may catch on something and break something else. If I take them out it will leave a hole in the back of the wheel area.
1st excellent video now 2nd the hard ? do you know is this the same for a 1987 full size Bronco with the High Hat manual locking hubs (only made in 1987 & 1st 1/2 of 1988) if so I know the bearings in the rotor are different but is the U-Joint the same. No one seems to know anything about my front end including 4WheelParts the off road shop that makes Pro Comp parts. Hell if I can just pull that axle end out, I can do this easy but no one knows how to get me the correct U-Joint
What's the part number for the spindle needle bearings and seals
Wow. My wheel barrings when out and I have big 37 inch tires and somehow the whole hub and everything just twisted right off spindle and ripped all the threads. I guess it did all the unbolting part for me cause the hub disc and everything are still on the wheel lol. Guess ill go see if lkq has some 4x4 fords
what is the torque for the spindle. I have been searching everywhere and have found people saying that it is 35-40 ft lbs but I'm not sure if that is correct.
okay now on parts - where did you get the parts? I need both front axles because the u-joint damaged both ends of the drivers side axle!
Awesome. Thank you. At the end of your video...the u joint didn't fit when you were trying to put it in...did you have to go back and re-do the entire process with a different u joint? Or...what did you do to solve it not fitting?
The proper u-joint would be the easy fix.
the problem im having is that i can move the axle shaft on the passenger side up and down and side to side with at least 1/4 - 1/2 inches of free play.....i am told its the pinion bearing inside the axle housing....
Lemme ask you this. Why can't you replace the u-joint, slide the u joint back into the pumpkin, then put the knuckle back on instead of trying to fit the u-joint back through the hole? Awesome video dude, thanks for not trying to be funny or cute or talking too much like most how to video's
It's too long, you would hae to take the knuckle off and that's a whole other can of worms. It could be done however.
im fixin to do the ball joints anyway. seems like people on the youtubes have trouble getting the new u joint through the knuckle.
My warn cap bolts are stripped and seized in place. So i am having a hang up. Please tell me you didn't reuse that dust shield?
Very helpful thanks
that was a great help one question could you tell me the best way to press the lover ball joint out i have a 93 explorer with a simpler front end as shown hear in your video and its 4x4 on the passenger side
Ok cool thanks man
Thank a lot its very interesting.....
When you would turn, would it make a loud popping/cracking noise?
i used a rubber mallet on the spindle,'not on the threaded part' & popped it off without using a chiesel & waisting time cleaning up damage...........
when you pulled the hub out was it still in locked position
Where did you find that axle seal.....BRS-79 i believe it was. I bought what the auto parts store said it called for, but it doesn't look like that one, and I think is the reason for my axle moving inside my spindle preventing my lockouts to work correctly. any ideas????
What is the name of the tool that you used to get the spindle hub off? The one that you used with the long handle
Chisel? Time?
i wish i watched this before i did the wheel bearings in my 86. there was so much grime and stuff i couldnt see the snap rings and that retainer ring and i had to drill the hub bolts out it sucked
how tight do you make that nut when you used that special tool. We can't get the big retaining ring to fit in. So i was wondering if we just didn't have the nut in tight enough and not knowing anything we don't want to make it too tight... please get back to me asap> Thanks
but when you get into 1980 and up they took away the king pins and puit in balljoints becouse i have a 1986 ford f150 6 inch lift and it hase a twin i beam with balljoints thats why i was watching you're video
Is it possible to weld the spider gears in the front diff because of the supension?Its an old rusty beast and not used on the rd alot.
Thanks for the information! Question tho...When we get to the last step as in the video...and bolt the spindle on...the axle gets pressed to the top of the spindle and we can't figure out why...needless to say we can't get the rest on w it all crooked...any ideas whats making it shift upward against the hub? BTW..measured axle n it all works out...U joint is all right too...
+A wilkir Take it apart and take another look. Check the needle bearing inside the spindle and also make sure the axle is going all the way into the drive gear in the carrier. Look for anything else f'd up. good luck.
I know its an old comment but im having the same problem, did you ever find a solution?
nope...its an old plow truck that is dead altogether now...so i think we are just gonna give up n scrap it
You have sandblasting?
Any idea what is the torque spec on the 6 (5 on mine) 7/16” nuts on the spindle hub ?
Any idea what the torque specs on the spindle nut is?
How to get the RIGHT axle, with 2 u-joints, to come out ? It seems to not want to come out. 1994 F-150 DANA 44 IFS (TTB). Any hints ? Thanks !!
Pumpkin has to come out to get inner axle out
I was able to get the outer (long) part of it out, just had to yank a lot harder than I was at first. And you're right, to get the inner part of it out, you need to get into the pumpkin.
What is the special socket for the spaner nut
Don't get why the joint didn't pass through the axle opening with the new U joint? The new joint couldn't have changed the outside diameter of the knuckle right?
Good job me buddy
Yea it's a front wheel. That's what I was thinking, I'm thinking maybe both are going bad.
what size spanner socket did u use i have to change the ball joints on my 91 ford but dont know the size of spanner socket to get. i dont want to keep renting them and trying different sizes
I have a 1986 Ford Ranger 4x4 will this method still work help and recommendations are appreciated
I know this is an old video but my husband has a 96 f150 4x4 and we’re trying to replace all of axel the stuff you removed. Can you please give me a list of the parts names and a cheaper website to get them from. ThankS!
Rock Auto sometimes has good deals
Change over to 250 knuckles and spindles,maybe, if the axles are the same.
I'm wondering if I could get any help. I have a 93 Mazda MX6 and I recently replaced the outer tie rods they where busted. Will do a alignment tomorrow and am praying that I won't have any play anymore. Two problems persist. When I slow down I hear a distinct clicking noise coming from my passenger side wheel as I am slowing down. The second problem is once in a while when I accelerate and make a sharp turn I will hear a huge thump. What am I dealing with here? any ideas?
Do you have to remove the e-clip for the inner passenger side axle in order to do both the upper and lower ball joints?
No there is a slip joint and the outer part of the axle comes out.
holy crap! what did you polish that spindle with?
does the axle shaft pull out the same way for the right hand side?
both the ujoints on my f150 are completely busted and missing on the front axles.
YOU FORGOT THE NIPPLE NUT ON THE U JOINT alot of people have thoes and it will not allow u to pull the axle out untell u do. a flat head screwdriver will take it right out
What size spindle socket did you use? I cant find the right one for my 95 F150 4x4 for the life of me.
It was a special spanner socket. I think I got it at AdvanceAuto or Oreilys
@@Oldsmob455 I literally walked in the door of my house with the correct tool set needed for the job as I looked at my phine and saw you reply. I have a 95 F150 with automatic locking hubs and needed a 2.5in spindle socket. Got it from Advanced for rent. Took me all day to get the right tool. The sets from Nappa and Orileys only went to 36mm! Far too small. But i had to ask teo different advanced auto stores. One only had the 36mm set. Thanks a lot!
@oldsmob455 what ujoint did you end up using. I can't find one that fits through the hole
I notched the hole. lol
@@Oldsmob455 hahaha ok. I just ground the edges of the caps a tiny bit on the bench grinder. Thanks for the reply!
Freezer
Can bad front axle ujoints cause the steering to wander? All of a sudden when I turn left or right the steering wheel doesn't want to come back to center and then over steers the opposite direction when I bring it back manually.
+Ohio Digger No, It wouldn't be your u joints. Could be a bad ball joint, bad/loose wheel bearings, or something in the steering linkage.
Actually it did end up being both front axle you joints on my '89 F250 4WD. They were completely froze up. I couldn't even knock them back and forth with a 3lb sledge hammer after getting the axle shafts out. Most of the needle bearings were dust lol. I think one had been bad but once the other froze up it was too much for the steering pump to bring it back around. The ball joints were in good shape so I just greased them while I had the axle shafts out. Also got the front brakes done while I had the front end apart. I bought greaseable Moog axle u-joints so hopefully I'll get a lot more miles out of them. Thanks for the video though! This and a few others walked me through the entire process!
I stand corrected. I've never heard of that, but I guess every vehicle acts different.
How to replace inner axle universal joint passenger side 1989 f150 4wd drive can you help me on this one
Not much left in the truck. Always apply grease to those seals or you will burn then up and then have to take it all apart!!!
Putting a new ujoint into a ujoint yoke, in NO way, makes the ujoint yoke any bigger in diameter. The only problem with getting it back in, was the nutter that was trying to put it back in. LOL =0)
Im trying to pull the "assembly" out (1:36 in the video) and mine won't go out all the way. It feels like theirs something still preventing it from popping out and I know its not the lock ring because I already took that off. Any idea on what it could be? (I'm working on an 82 Bronco)
What size spanner nut was it
@oldsmob455 i have an 88 but my hubs are different they come off in one piece and i don't have anything to take apart
i have a 1992 ford Bronco with the samne Dana 44 TTB i've removed the snap rings. but i cannot remove anything else. my TTB has Mile Marker locking hubs. any difference in removing parts compared to a Warn hub...?
Is this the same on a 88 ranger 4x4 ? Thanks fir the great info vid.
+sonny Godly should be or at least very close just smaller
Ya special
I have had this same crap happen to me and part store is saying that’s what it calls for do you know the part # to that u joint
what did u do to get the u joint to fit
I wouldn't recommend it but I minimally notched the knuckle.
where is your u joint video you spoke of in 3:48 ??