Hi all.
Some notes during this job that might be of interest for somebody else.During taking the rear axle apart. I did have a problem following the instructions in FO-201 section 75A and photo FO556. Either didn’t I use suitable amount of force or the manual’s information of drilling a 0.25 inch deep hole was incorrect, but after about 2 hours of beating on the chisel using a lot of force at the end. I decided to drill another 0.5 inch totally 0.75 inch (almost thru). Only a few banging on the chisel was needed and the collar was of. Is the manual faulty or did I do I the wrong way? The markings on the two removed bearings are different. One is SKEFKO K-387 which I think is original (it also has I-116366 which) I think is a FORD #) the other is SKF (made in SWEDEN) CK-387, axel size is 2.25 inch. Some earlier owner have only changed 2/3 of the SKF bearing!
I did have some problem to locate a new collar (my Ford dealer wanted equal US$113 total US$226 for two and a 2-4 weeks of delivery time!!!) I did bought the collar for MF35/MF135 for <2*10US$ her in Sweden (bepco art#180596M1 made in England thru Olssons in Ellös) it don’t look exactly the same (milled steel instead of milled casting steel and no shoulder) but it will fit perfectly. For information I did some calculations about heating. If axel is 20deg C then heating of the collar (57,00mm inner size) to 325deg C give 0mm spacing and 490deg C give 0.1mm and 600deg C give 0.326mm spacing more heating then that is not to recommend due to nitrogen adding to the steel. The local (40km away) Ford shop did help me with changing the break materials for the wheel breaks. During that trip a was aloud to look in the BIG Ford service manual, in that the correct drilling depth is all way thru “when the drill increase in speed it is thru (harder steel in bearing)”. So it is hereby a fact that FO-201 section 75A and photo FO556 is incorrect regarding drill depth. The generator was lose so after some looking at it I discovered that it was broke a replacement was ordered. Now my Dexta work just fine. Totally 40 l of oil changed! Sorry for using bad English langue spelling and so on.
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