Overview - Final Drive

Fig 1: Front Final Drive Overview

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1. Left Flange Shaft Seal
   • Between the final drive and the transmission housing
   • Refer to LEFT SEAL, REPLACING 
2. Shim
   • Behind the taper roller bearing outer race
3. Taper Roller Bearing Outer Race
4. Bolt
   • Quantity: 11
   • Tightening specification and sequence -- Tighten the bolts to 23 Nm in the following sequence: -1 through 11-.
5. Right Flange Shaft Seal
   • Refer to RIGHT SEAL, REPLACING .
6. Right Flange Shaft
   • Refer to RIGHT FLANGE SHAFT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
7. Circlip
   • Replacing
8. Sealing Plug
   • 35 Nm
   • Replacing
   • For oil filler hole
9. Front Final Drive Cover
   • Pay attention to the alignment sleeves
10. Shim
    • Behind the taper roller bearing outer race
11. Taper Roller Bearing Outer Race
12. O-Ring
    • On the front final drive cover
    • Refer to FRONT FINAL DRIVE COVER O-RING, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
13. Differential
14. Transmission
15. Spring Pin
16. Selector Shaft Lever
17. Selector Shaft Seal
    • Refer to SELECTOR SHAFT SEAL, REPLACING .
18. Left Flange Shaft
    • Refer to LEFT FLANGE SHAFT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
19. Bolt
    • 10 Nm + 45°
20. Gear Carrier
    • Use the circlip to attach together with the mount -item  21- Bearing, and -item  22- Circlip, to the left flange shaft (See Fig 1).
    • Is identified together as the left flange shaft mounting bracket.
21. Bearings
    • For the left flange shaft
22. Circlip
    • For the left flange shaft mount
23. Torque Converter Shaft Seal
    • Refer to TORQUE CONVERTER SEAL, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
24. Torque Converter
    • Refer to TORQUE CONVERTER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

Fig 2: Front Final Drive Cover - Tightening Sequence

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-- Pretighten the bolts -1- and -2- to 3 Nm.

-- Tighten the bolts to 23 Nm in the following sequence: -1 through 11-.