Rear Drive Halfshafts
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2010 Mercury Milan, 2010 Lincoln MKZ, and 2010 Ford Fusion. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
The halfshafts consist of the following components:
- Inner CV joints
- Outer CV joints
- Interconnecting shafts
The halfshafts are splined on the outboard stub shaft to drive the wheel hubs. They are retained in the wheel hubs by special wheel hub nuts which also control the wheel bearing preload. The halfshafts are splined on the inboard stub shaft and are retained by circlips. New circlips must be installed whenever the old circlips are removed.