Questioni have a 99 f 350, 2wd, v10 auto tranny, my rear end went out and and i bought a whole rear axel out of a 94 250 that has drum brakes, mine has disc, can i change out the brake system or if not, can i just change out the gears? i have never worked on a rear end and really dont know where to start
AnswerHi Gary,
Ford made about a half-a-million different options dealing with the axle housings on those trucks. My notes state that 'most' of the assemblies do NOT include the brakes. What that tells me is that your drum set-up should be able to be unbolted from the old axle and retro-fitted onto the donor unit.
In order to give you any other information, I would need to know EXACTLY what units you have there. DRW/SRW, ratio, tag# and ring-gear size will help me with 90% of the applications if you want to send a follow-up.
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Thanks for the question, I hope this information was helpful to you.
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