Fully Floating Axle info

[RayTrans]

Hi all at Ford Transit Forum,
I need yere help as I am going to buy a Mk7 3500 Rwd axle in the next few days from a scrappy and I was wondering if there is a way of telling the difference between a Semi floating and a Fully floating axle. My van has a total towing weight of 6000 kg so I am thinking that my axle is a fully floating axle, and I do not want to buy a semi floating axle and be left with it. I have been told I will have to take out the half shaft to tell the deference. Thanks in advance for yere help Cheers

[loot]

All mk7 are full floating

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-diffe ... -rear-axle

[RayTrans]

Hi Loot thanks for the reply, I am swapping my Mk6 rear axle for a Mk7 one as my diff is a 5:88 and on drums, where as the Mk7 has a 4:27 diff & disc brakes so I needed to find out was it a semi or fully floated axle as I know a fully floated is better for weight, but did not know all MK7 were fully floated. cheers

[ned]

Well talk about floater N

[v8dave]

Mk7 axles are, as Loot says, all fully floating.

There are however three "color" codes.
This is marked on the identification label on the axle.
- single rear wheel; van, bus or kombi - Yellow
- single rear wheel; chassis cab - Green
- twin rear wheel; chassis cab - Blue

What this actually means I'm not sure, but looks like it could relate to load capacity.