WW2 Ford axle pinion removal

[ajmac]

The manual says, withdraw the pinion bearing sleeve.. Yea right! This is indeed what I need to do but I want to double check how to go about it. There are no jacking threads in the sleeve and no flat inside the diff housing to use the jack out the pinion and bearing sleeve as one. How have you done it? It's 'H' in the image.

 

[Richard Farrant]

There was a special extractor, listed in the Canadian Carrier manual but not in the British ones.

 

Here is a picture;

Edited July 2, 2015 by Richard Farrant

[ajmac]

Thanks Richard, so you pull it out by attaching to the thread in the end of the pinion....perhaps I can use a slide hammer in lieu of that special tool. I'll find out the thread, UNF or UNC.

[Richard Farrant]

Thanks Richard, so you pull it out by attaching to the thread in the end of the pinion....perhaps I can use a slide hammer in lieu of that special tool. I'll find out the thread, UNF or UNC.

 

I have found pinions with both thread forms strangely, maybe a difference between British and North American manufacture.

[woa2]

Alastair

As the unit is Ford V8 Commercial, could the early Ford V8 club help? Might be worth contacting them.

[Richard Farrant]

I actually removed a pinion assy. on a Carrier axle without a special tool to renew the bearings, so a bit of ingenuity might be required.