Posted by Tim B from MA on April 09, 2008 at 05:43:08 from (74.8.14.194):
The axle on the passangers side of my 2001 SRW F-350 is leaking oil. This truck has a "regular" limited slip differential with 3.73 gearing.
I want to tear into it this weekend but am concerned about finding that I'll need a bunch of special tools once I get into it. I am a good home mechanic with plenty of "regular" tools. Anyone have any experience about how difficult this job is?
I have a service manual on CD for 2001 Ford Trucks. The diagram that I think represents my assembly looks like it just has a gasket on the housing at the end of the axles - but this doesn't seem right. Shouldn't there be a seal.
Based on my CD service manual, there seems to be a dozen different options or rear differential/axle assemblies, and the fix to my problem looks like it ranges from pretty simple to needing about 2 dozen special tools.
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