man, ill tell you now, it's no fun im hung up on the left hand half-shaft removal. you have to have a special tool to compress the inner retainer, which is at your ford dealership (which ill try to get in the morning), so you might wanna check on that one. the Haynes manual from AutoZone is about $14.00.... between it and the Ford CD they are very informative/step-by-step

1998 Contour SVT Dual-Honed UIM, 170k miles & 2000 Cougar MTX with: 99 SVT Engine, CA-KKM Intake, T.E.H. and polished UIM, High-Flow Cat, Quaife, Pro Flow 75mm, Superchip, TruBendz dual Borla, WR-SS Headers, Fidanza, Grizzly Street, Roush & KYB...