I−Beam Axle; Removal & Installation - Ford Ranger Maintaince And Repair Manual

I−Beam Axle
REMOVAL & INSTALLATION
1. Raise and safely support the vehicle. Remove the front wheel spindle. Remove the front spring.
Remove the front stabilizer bar, if equipped.
2. Remove the spring lower seat from the radius arm, and then remove the bolt and nut that attaches the
stabilizer bar bracket, if equipped, and the radius arm to the (I−Beam) front axle.
3. Remove the axle−to−frame pivot bracket bolt and nut.
To install:
4. Position the axle to the frame pivot bracket and install the bolt and nut finger tight.
5. Position the opposite end of the axle to the radius arm, install the attaching bolt from underneath
through the bracket, the radius arm and the axle. Install the nut and tighten to 188−254 ft. lbs.
(255−345 Nm).
6. Install the spring lower seat on the radius arm so that the hole in the seat indexes over the
arm−to−axle bolt.
7. Install the front spring.
876
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
Exploded view of the front I−beam axle assembly
Click to enlarge
I−Beam Axle