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Loosen the bolts behind the lug lugs the dana 50 (this is the hub assembly, which includes your bearings, that you'll be removing).
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I had a lot of play in the front passenger-side wheel and it was due to the bearing in the hub assembly being worn out. The swap is very straight forward. All components are easy to access and remove in your own garage.

[b]Parts Needed[/b]
(1) Ne...
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The old hub assembly. Notice the 4 studs (threaded on each end). The studs feed through the holes in the steering knuckle and have 4 bolts to fasten the hub assembly to the knuckle. Tighten 2 nuts on the same end in order to remove these studs.
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The entire hub assembly swap will take 60-90 minutes and is very straight-forward.

[b]Remove the retaining/c-clip from the hub[/b]
http://www.supermotors.net/vehicles/registry/media/431287

[b]Remove the hub from the dana 50 front axle[/b]
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[b]Ford SuperDuty V-Code Leaf Spring Installation on a 2000 Ford Excursion[/b]

[b]The Problem[/b]
It's widely known that Excursions, while sharing a similar chassis to the F-250, do not share the same leaf springs from the factory. Due to the SUV...
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[b]IMPORTANT[/b]: Your front OEM u-bolts for your leaf springs may be different. I ordered replacement u-bolts from the Ford dealer and they were incorrect. The u-bolts that came from the factory on my 2000 PSD Excursion are actually more rounded tha...
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SuperDuty V-Code Stamping: 3C34 ADA R 249 6
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Remove the lug-nut wrench from under the hood of your Excursion. We'll use the end with the rubber tip to remove the beauty cap on the front wheel.
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Pry off the lug nut wheel cover.
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Before jacking up the front end, I measured the height from the ground to the top of the wheel well. You may want to do this too so you can compare the height after you install the V-Codes.

Stock Excursion leaf springs before the spring swap creat...
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This install covers the passenger side leaf spring. When jacking up the passenger side, position your floor jack like I did in the above picture. If you're doing the driver's side, you can position the floor jack under the front differential.

[b]T...
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Since we'll need to jack the truck up and lower the front end, I jacked the front end under the axle tube as high as my floor jack would go.

Using a 6-ton jack stand, position the jack stand under the frame rail behind the rear mount of the front ...
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With the vehicle secured on jack stands and your floor jack still maxed out under the front axle, now it's time to remove the wheel.

[b]Tools needed:[/b]
21mm deep socket
1/2" impact wrench
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With the wheel removed, we can now remove the lower shock bolt. We need to disconnect the shock so we don't over-extend it when we drop the front axle in a later step.

[b]Tools Needed:[/b]
You'll want air tools. This bolt will probably be very ru...
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With the lower shock bolt removed, you can compress the shock as much as possible to get it out of your way for the rest of the project.

You may also lower the floor jack to the point where the leaf spring is not compressed and the floor jack is b...
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With the shock disconnected, we can now remove the nuts on the u-bolts. My u-bolts actually turned out to be in great shape so I decided to reuse them (considering the dealer sold me the wrong ones in the first place).

[b]Tools Needed:[/b]
21mm d...
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All 4 u-bolt nuts removed.
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Slide the u-bolts out from the top. They pull out quite easily.
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All 4 u-bolts removed. Notice the round mark on the bump-stop from the rubber stopper. This is from constant bottoming-out of the suspension!
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Lift the bump-stop off of the leaf spring.
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Here are the new u-bolts (left) and my original u-bolt (right). Notice how my original u-bolt is more of a "rounded square" than a square. Make sure to double-check your u-bolts with new u-bolts, if you buy them.
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Unfortunately, the front leaf spring eye-bolts are not easy to get to, so you have to remove the corner bumper supports.

[b]Tools Needed:[/b]
13mm socket (for the bumper-support bracket bolts)
impact wrench
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There are three 13mm bolts holding the bracket in place. Using an impact wrench makes easy work of the bottom two.
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The top 13mm bolt for the bumper corner support bracket is in a tight spot. You'll have to resort to a 3/8" ratchet to access this one.

[b]Tools Needed:[/b]
13mm socket
3/8" ratchet
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Next up, remove the nut from the rear eye-bolt of the leaf spring. Simply punch the bolt through the hole with a hammer. Make sure not to crush the threads. You may need to use a 3/8" extension (6 inches in length) to punch the bolt all the way throu...
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Prepare to spend a lot of time on this step.

As you can see, I pulled out the Bernz-O-Matic propane torch for the step and headed up the nut bolt to make it a little easier to loosen this nut. Spend about 3-5 minutes doing this, got to the next st...
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I couldn't fit my impact wrench in this space so I had to resort to using a 1/2" ratchet on the bolt head and a 1/2" breaker bar on the nut. On top of this, I had to use a 3-lb sledge hammer to hit against the 1/2" breaker bar to loosen the nut. I ev...
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Success! Before you go pounding this bolt out, you'll need to remove a support bracket on the front of the radiator for the trans cooler. Please proceed to the next step -- this bolt will not be able to be removed until the support bracket is removed...
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With the support bracket from the previous step out of the way, you can now punch the eye-bolt out from the front of the leaf spring. Use a hammer and a 6" extension for a 3/8" ratchet.

[b]Tools Needed:[/b]
6-inch extension for 3/8" ratchet
Hamm...
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Before we drop the front axle, we must disconnect the way bar. If we don't, the sway bar will prevent the front axle from dropping all the way and separating from the leaf spring.

[b]Tools Needed:[/b]
13mm socket
1/2" impact wrench
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With the sway bar disconnected from this side of the front axle, the axle can now have full range of motion.
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