How to replace your Ford PTU...

First, put it up in the air! Borrow a friend's lift...

 

Hemo your front exhaust and rear cat...

 

Unbolt driveshaft from PTU unit...

 

Remove rear motor mount...

 

There's the right side half shaft attached to the PTU...

 

Driveshaft removed from PTU...

 

Hemo driveshaft bearing support and slide driveshaft rearward for clearance...

 

Hemo right front brake caliper, separate lower ball joint, remove outer CV joint spindle nut, and pull out outer CV joint from knuckle....

 

Pull out right half shaft from PTU...

 

Driveshaft to rear diff bolts....unbolt so driveshaft can be slid rearward....

 

Perfectly good half shaft laying on the shop floor...

 

PTU unbolted and removed from side of transmission....

 

PTU exorcised from vehicle and eulogy given...

"He was a goooot boy!"

 

New PTU bolted in....but not before PTU drilled and tapped for oil drain plug!

Police service and Performance Packages have a PTU drain plug but regular civilian models don't...go figure! "Un-Serviceable Lifetime" fluid! Lifetime of the unit they mean...

 

New PTU sitting snug as a bug in a rug!!!

Reverse procedure to reinstall everything!!! Part was almost $800 but saved 13 hours labor time for the R&R!!!

 

Oh yeah, the shop Forman "Chevy" was cracking the whip!