Ford rear axle help

[Clark20ry]

Ok I am helping my friend fix a leaking seal on the rear axle of an 05 Crown Vic p71 police cruiser. He stripped the lock pin retaining bolt. I have drilled it and am trying to use a screw extractor but it is just not working. I don't want to break the extractor off in it because we will never get it out. Any idea's??

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[ak diesel driver]

so you stripped the head?

 

[Clark20ry]

Yes it is very soft metal and for some reason cranked real tight

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[ak diesel driver]

try some heat

 

[Clark20ry]

Heat on the bolt or differential..?

 

[NVW]

Heat the bolt until it is red hot and let it cool, if it won't move heat it again and try it while it's still hot. A good pair of vise grip pliers should grab it to turn.

 

[Clark20ry]

Well after 6 hours of drilling different technics I finally got the darn thing off. I tried to chisel the flange on it and it was just shaving it off so I put the screw extractor back in for one more try and it finally broke loose... I yelled at the top of my lungs, I hope his neighbors didn't freak out. I am so sore... Pulling the axles should have only taken an hour to remove, we started at 2:30 and cleaned up at 10:30... That was just taking them out. He now has to get bearings and seals and new axles... Hopefully the reassemble next week doesn't take long....

NVW I was not sure about using a torch to heat it up being everything was soaked in gear oil.....

 

[NVW]

The gear oil only burns for a little while

Glad you got it done.:thumbsup: