Ford Removable Carrier Type

Fig. 3 Ford Removable Carrier Rear Axle:

This rear axle, Fig. 3, is a banjo-housing hypoid in which the drive pinion is mounted 2 1/4 inch below the center line of the drive gear. The drive pinion is straddle-mounted in that two opposed tapered roller bearings support the pinion shaft at the front of the pinion gear and a straight roller bearing supports the pinion shaft at the rear of the pinion gear.

The pinion shaft and gear are assembled in the pinion retainer which is bolted to the carrier housing. Two carrier and differential cases are used to accommodate two bearing sizes. The right and left axle shafts are not interchangeable since the left shaft is shorter than the right.