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Removal and Installation

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Mercury Montego, 2005 Ford Freestyle, and 2005 Ford Five Hundred. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

    All vehicles 

  1. Remove the rear half shafts. For additional information, refer to REAR DRIVE HALFSHAFTS .
  2. Remove the muffler and tailpipe assembly. For additional information, refer to EXHAUST SYSTEM .
    3. NOTE: Index-mark the driveshaft before disconnecting from the rear axle.
    NOTE: Install new driveshaft bolts when installing the driveshaft.
  3. Remove and discard the 6 driveshaft bolts.
    • To install, tighten to 27 Nm (20 lb-ft).
  4. Disconnect the rear wheel speed sensor electrical connector.
    Fig 1: Disconnecting Rear Wheel Speed Sensor Electrical Connector
    G03988409Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  5. Disconnect the rear drive axle electrical connector and remove the harness from the subframe.
    Fig 2: Disconnecting Rear Drive Axle Electrical Connector
    G03988410Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.

    6. Five Hundred/Montego 

  6. Remove the 4 retainers holding the sway bar to the subframe and disconnect the sway bar links. Position the sway bar forward.

    7. Freestyle 

  7. Remove the rear sway bar. For additional information, refer to REAR SUSPENSION .

    All vehicles 

  8. Remove the rear subframe cross brace.
    • To install, tighten to 63 Nm (46 lb-ft).
      Fig 3: Removing Rear Subframe Cross Brace
      G03988411Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  9. Remove the axle front insulator bolt.
    • To install, tighten to 90 Nm (66 lb-ft).
    10. CAUTION: Use care when removing or installing the assembly in the vehicle.
  10. Remove the 2 rear axle insulator bolts, then remove the axle assembly.
    • Lower the axle assembly from the rear of the stabilizer bar.
    • The RH rear axle insulator bolt is not removed from the vehicle until the axle assembly is removed.
    • To install, tighten to 110 Nm (81 lb-ft).
      Fig 4: Removing Rear Axle Insulator Bolts
      G03988412Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
      Fig 5: Identifying RH Rear Axle Insulator Bolt
      G03988413Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
    11. NOTE: Tighten the rear axle insulator bolts, then the axle front insulator bolt.
    NOTE: Some vehicles will have the damper attached to the RH insulator bolt.
    Fig 6: Attaching To RH Insulator Bolt
    G03988414Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  11. To install, reverse the removal procedure.
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