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2000 f150 rearend noisy

Posted by beanybean (My Page) on
Sat, Oct 4, 08 at 2:49

can a ford rearend have shims added to the gears in the middle of rearend to take out vibrating and excessive play


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RE: 2000 f150 rearend noisy

The integral rear axle is set up with shims. The shims used set pinion gear depth, ring gear backlash, and ultimately side bearing pre-load. Shims cannot normally be changed to attempt to make up for wear or some other type of failure.


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