Bent Left(drivers) Side Axle Shaft

[OneWheelBiting]

I net my left side shaft on my truck....hitting a curb none the less at under 5mph. Anyway just wondering if I should take photos of the replacement to post online? Also is there anything someone opening up a 8.8 for the first time should know? Bought a axle from suprior Gear and Axle to replace the factory one. new wheel bearing and seal for the outside of the pumpkin.

Later
ME

 

[410Fortune]

this is actually pretty damn common with the 8.8

A pictorial how to is always welcome.
Are you planning to replace the bearings now as well?

being a 95 with disc brakes you will have to deal with the super fun drum style parking brake assembly., Dont be surprised to find yours is toasted You can get a hardware kit for them for about $80, it used to be a dealer item only = sucked, but they now have them at Napa and the like.

have fun! Make sure you got the 31 spline replacement axle shaft, not 28 (Ranger).

 

[OneWheelBiting]

Why would you need to deal with the parking brake I did it the whole job per ford manual. It has you using a slide hammer and a bearing puller to take the bearing and the seal out as one unit. Oh yeah the axle has enough play to knock the c-clip off without dealing with the parking brake setup at all. It took a whole 1 hour to do the whole job. I spent more time cleaning up the diff. housing and bearing seat then I did anything else. My Camera person(wife) didn't get out of bed for the job. I thought it was going to be on the line of a Dana 60 or Dana 70 as these are the only kind of axles I have ever worked on in the truck/suv line of products. You got to love a simple axle setup like the 8.8. That thing is modern engineering at it's best.

I did knick the oil seal putting in the shaft so if it gives me problems I will have the wife on hand to photo the work to be done.