unkpwn
Junior Member
Hello all! New member here but I have lurked for a while. I have a 2015 Ram 1500 4x4 with the electronic rack & pinion.
So I got the dreaded hemi-tick and I am in the process of taking everything apart. Long story short I am at the point where I am pulling the oil pump off and I decided to drop the pan (lol) I have the pan dropped but I cannot get the clearance to remove it. After several hours of research I have found that the engine apparently needs to be hoisted up. I do not have an engine hoist.
I have found some information and videos on some of the older gen 4's (2011-2012) that apparently you can drop the front differential and just the passenger side motor mount, jack it up fron the transmission just a little bit and the pan should come out.
In the video of the older trucks the front differential appears to be different than the 2015 models. There is a electronic rack & pinion right in front of the diff.
My question is, is this still a viable option? Do I have to do anything with the rack & pinion? This is the video I have found that shows the front diff down and bolt locations - but he removed the entire unit - I just want to drop it to get to the front motor mount: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1t8wcbTmnM
Any advice from the pro's would be most helpful! Thank you so much!
So I got the dreaded hemi-tick and I am in the process of taking everything apart. Long story short I am at the point where I am pulling the oil pump off and I decided to drop the pan (lol) I have the pan dropped but I cannot get the clearance to remove it. After several hours of research I have found that the engine apparently needs to be hoisted up. I do not have an engine hoist.
I have found some information and videos on some of the older gen 4's (2011-2012) that apparently you can drop the front differential and just the passenger side motor mount, jack it up fron the transmission just a little bit and the pan should come out.
In the video of the older trucks the front differential appears to be different than the 2015 models. There is a electronic rack & pinion right in front of the diff.
My question is, is this still a viable option? Do I have to do anything with the rack & pinion? This is the video I have found that shows the front diff down and bolt locations - but he removed the entire unit - I just want to drop it to get to the front motor mount: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1t8wcbTmnM
Any advice from the pro's would be most helpful! Thank you so much!