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Old 06-02-2015, 01:38 PM
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Default 2000 ford ranger rear axle

I broke the driver side rear axle and put a new axle I bought off eBay...but when I put the new axle in two small gears fell out of the differential and now I'm not able to get them back in where they need to get, any help on how to get them back in would be much appreciated.
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Old 06-02-2015, 01:49 PM
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Default Re: 2000 ford ranger rear axle

Are we talking about the spider gears or the side gears?
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Old 06-02-2015, 01:50 PM
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Default Re: 2000 ford ranger rear axle

Those look like side gears to me, but I've not been inside my differential for a few years.
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Old 06-02-2015, 01:56 PM
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Those look like side gears to me, but I've not been inside my differential for a few years.
Yeah - I could buy that.


OP: Have you pulled the axles back after removing the c-clips (they hold the side gears in place)? Any pictures of the differential itself?

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Old 06-02-2015, 02:16 PM
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Pulled the c clip and the pin and bolt that my shop manual said to take out to get the rest of broken axle out, one of the gears shown in the picture came out when I pushed the broken axle out...the other one fell out later and was laying in the button of the differential....I almost got them back in, but the axles keep binding and the gears just fall back out, spent a good 45 minutes trying to get them to stay with no luck. I'll post more pics of the differential in a little bit after my phone charges
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Old 06-06-2015, 03:34 PM
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Here's some better pics of the rear differential and the gears that fell out
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Old 06-07-2015, 03:54 AM
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You can get them back in all you need to do is put 1 on one open end of the carrier and the other exactly across from it the rotate slowly the axle and they will turn in and line up with the pun hole.
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Old 06-07-2015, 06:00 AM
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Default Re: 2000 ford ranger rear axle

Jswift nailed it. Rotate and install the spider gears.
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Is it ok of I leave the S-spring out, I realized I forgot to put it back in after I had already put the rear end back together and filled up with axle oil.
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