Cross Member Removal

[Ben68F250]

Greetings all. I have a 1968 F-250 and I'm having trouble removing the automatic transmission. The cross member at the rear of the radius arms is preventing it from moving. I have the transmission and cross member unbolted but still no luck. Any ideas?

[BobbyFord]

You must remove the intermediate crossmember. Mine needed persuading once all of the bolts were removed. Some were riveted in, so make sure there aren't any rivets holding yours in. I used a large leaded rubber mallet to hammer mine rearward away from the radius arm brackets.

[alphawave7]

Mine was wedged tight too...required banging with a 10# sledge before it would even budge. Once it moved, it pretty much slipped right on out. Getting it back was was actually harder, so I don't envy the OP.

[Ben68F250]

Thanks for the information. I finally got it moved far enough to lower the transmission. Getting the crossmember bolted back in place was an exercise in patience though. haha

[BobbyFord]

That crossmember is impossible to remove and install in a truck with a 460 and Super Comp headers. I had to cut my crossmember in half in order for it to be removable. I fabbed a bracket to reconnect the two halves.

[flyboy2610]

That crossmember is impossible to remove and install in a truck with a 460 and Super Comp headers. I had to cut my crossmember in half in order for it to be removable. I fabbed a bracket to reconnect the two halves.

Ya does what ya got's too!