[imhere]

i am doing a clutch for a buddy of mine this is the second one i have done the first one did not work well...i did the whole job with a pair of vise grips and a screw driver ..lol..i did it on the side of the highway lmao...that was many years ago and sense than i have boughten a couple thousand dollars worth of tools...and Alot more experience ...

Anyways i had to remove both axles to get the bell-housing to get at the clutch....but right after i did this i decided to read the haynes book i bought and i noticed it said in big caution letters to make sure if u remove both axles at once to put wooden dowles in to keep the gears or something from falling out or something like that....so am i screwed now or what?....

i have found a couple posts on here one person says hes done a couple of these jobs and removed both axles and everything was fine.

this car is a 93 ford escort 1.9 liter standard [/quote]

 

[FordMan59]

I've never removed both axels at the same time, because of that same warning so I don't know what you're going to be up against. When in doubt READ first.

 

[imhere]

ya i wasnt in doubt at all ...i didnt have a clue that this would happen...i mean it doesnt even make sense if any gears were gonna fall or whatver would u be able to see them and also if they fell wouldnt by putting the shafts back in wouldnt that realign them...this just doesnt make any sense

 

[FordMan59]

I think what the warning is referring to is that they may drop far enough that you can't get the axles back in.

 

[imhere]

man do i ever hope u r right.... ....i was doing fine goit everthing back in except driver side shaft...it started raining decided id sit in there ands wait out the rain started to read the book just for kicks while i was waiting....and i read that thing about the gears ...if anyone knows anything about this ...please let me know ...thanks fordman....i think ill be able to sleep now lol

 

[mellowness65]

if you can look into where the axle goes and you see the diff pin you're still fine. It's just a round piece that goes between the spider gears of the differential.

 

[BOSS302man]

You can also take a big wire tie and run it thru to keep things in place if you don't have dowels and such.

 

[therieldeal]

the diff pin doesnt move regardless. the gears that fall out are the differential side gears. usually the coating of gear oil on them is enough to keep them "stuck" in place, but i wouldnt go chucking the tranny around or they may fall out.

 

[therieldeal]

the gears are the ones located top and bottom in this photo:

the axles go through them, and the axle clips expand to keep them in place. they can rotate and fall right out without an axle in there.