Minnesota Focus Owners Club

A friend of mine told me today there's a slide hammer like attachment from Ford for the Focus axles. Just wondering if anyones heard of them or anyone has one I could borrow for a weeknd. Thanks all I appreciate the help

Get a 6" 3/8" extension and a hammer. Thats all you need.

You can rent them for free from Checkers. They make the job quite easy- especially if you your car is more than a couple years old (i.e. rust)

Are you doing fronts or rears?

Checkers also rents (for free) the 30mm (rear) and 32mm (front) sockets you need for the axle nuts, if you don't have those.

Pappy wrote:Get a 6" 3/8" extension and a hammer. Thats all you need.

If you have the stock diff that won't work. You only need the axle puller to get the driver's side off, i don't have the piece but it would be much easier with it.

Erik wrote:Are you doing fronts or rears?

Since when are they making RWD foci?

The slide hammer would have something similar to a 90 degree fork that slips behind the knuckle on the CV shaft. Then you give it a few good raps to get the circlip to pop out of the differential. I've never heard of one from Ford but I know they make universal style ones.

Good call Rod. I keep getting spoiled and only working on cars with LSD, hehe

http://www.kd-tools.com/3164.htm
or
http://www.kd-tools.com/3166.htm

Pappy wrote:Good call Rod. I keep getting spoiled and only working on cars with LSD, hehe

LSD? I thought you were in law enforcement? That must be some trip halucinating that you are working on cars

Redlineracer12 wrote:

Erik wrote:Are you doing fronts or rears?

Since when are they making RWD foci?

I'm not responsible for anything I write before 7am in the morning

a puller....if you were to think about that for a second you will relize that will destroy a c/v axle. the best way i found is a pry bar in that flat spot on the trans use the curve in the pry bar on that spot and on the tulip to pop out the shaft on both sides, if you have a stubern driver side then you will need to drive it out through the trans like an escorte.

hate that drivers side axle.

a slide hammer will work if you get the right attachment. we ended up getting mine with a pry bar.