Most know I have a D44 from a 76-77 Ford F150, well I got to tearing the axle down and figuring out how to remove the wedges.

the wedges are welded on, i ground down the welds but they still do not want to come off.

Will I just have to grind the whole thing off? Or will it come off? Any techniques?

 

do you wanna keep these?

if not cut em in half and get a big hammer.

or if you have a torch just start taken them off piece by piece

 

keep grinding at the welds. just make sure you dont mess up the tubes.

 

So you are implying they will come off in one piece? If so ill keep grinding.

 

nope I dont want to keep them.

I would use the torch and I tried but I want to keep the heat down.

 

just make sure not to sit in 1 spot with the grinder for too long.....you will heat the tubes and could potentially warp the tube...

 

that is why i dont want to use the torch. guess ill keep grinding... fun fun

 

that axle should have the crazy thick tubes, so its not a big deal with the heat. But it is good to be on the safe side.

 

good to know, but Ill leave the torch as last resort

 

did ya get em off?

 

I'm at work you slacker!

Might do some work tonight.


"do work son" right? lol

 

haha you got it right man..do work!!

 

you guys work? mani thought you sat at home and spent all day on R-F...

 

speak for yourself!

 

Grind down the weld as well as possible then keep hitting each wedge with a BFH until they come off.

 

haha i get to work at 6 get online at 8 30 get back on at 12 home by 3..gotta love it

 

that was my plan but I just got home at 11.

 

d44 is gettin started...awesome.
whatcha doin with the old one..lol

 

lol putting it under your truck!

 

and E is going to sell me the superlift

its an evan thing you just wont understand

 

Yah, uhh Zak Bird, dibs on D30 and related componentry. We'll talk numbers son!

 

are you serious? if so that is cool. i will not be keeping it around.

It has 4.56 gears and a Detroit TrueTrac too.

 

woot i got two of them off!

2 more to go!

 

Hah uhhhhh...**** ill pm you