You must remove the transmission, the front differential is built right in.
No you can not. The front wheel bearings will come apart and fluid will run out of the front differential.
The front differential is an "open" differential. No limited slip components there.
The front differential uses 80w90.
Just pull it out. There should be nothing holding it in the differentail after you remove the locking hub and the hub.
How to remove the right side axle half on a 1995 f150
front or rear? the front is slightly higher and rear of the drain... the back has a cover you remove to drain the fluid and a fill on the front of the diff..
On the cv joint attached to the front differential, if you take off the boot, in front of the bearing, there is a cir clip. If you remove the cir clip the whole cv joint slides out of the differential. Have fun...
Remove the fill plug from the 2001 Explorer differential. Remove the cover from the head to allow the fluid to drain. put the cover back on with a new gasket, then fill the unit up through the fill hole.
It's an open front differential if it is stock. So is the rear differential
The fastest way is to remove the front differential. with the car up, and secure, remove the front skid plate, then remove the differential crossmember in the middle of the truck. remove the two bolts on the front crossmember to the differential, romove the four bolts holding the driveshaft to the transmission, now with a jack under the differential, remove the left, and right side differential to cv axle bolts. there are six on each side in groups of two. once these are removed, drop the differential down, then the rest is easy. Remove the three bolts on the idler arm bracket to the frame, and move the steering linkage out of the way. remove the starter, remove the two motor brackets,or gussets whatever you choose to call them. one left, one right. Remove the 18 10mm bolts holding the oil pan, and it will drop straight down. Installation is the reverse of removal. A tip, do not let the differential drop down to the floor, because it is a pain getting it back up onto a jack to get it positioned for installation. Tools you will need, Jack, jackstands... large breaker bar, 10, 12, 14, 17, 19 mm sockets, and wrenches, a lot of patience. I change one this weekend, and it took about 7 hours.
Unless you have a 4x4 or 6x6 unit, there is no front differential.