Front Final Drive Sealing Rings Overview

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Fig 1: Front Final Drive Sealing Rings Overview

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Flywheel
- Removing and installing, refer to FLYWHEEL .
Shaft Seal
- For the left flange shaft
- Between the final drive and the transmission housing
- Removing and installing, refer to LEFT FLANGE SHAFT SEAL
Adjusting Ring
- Behind the taper roller bearing outer race
Taper Roller Bearing Outer Race
Differential
Bolt
- Quantity: 10
- Tightening specification and sequence, refer to Fig 2
Locking Ring
- Replace
Right Flange Shaft
- Removing and installing, refer to RIGHT FLANGE SHAFT .
Shaft Seal
- For the right flange shaft
- Removing and installing, refer to RIGHT FLANGE SHAFT SEAL
Front Final Drive Cover
- Removing and installing, refer to LEFT FLANGE SHAFT SEAL
O-ring
- On the front final drive cover
- Replace
Adjusting Ring
- Behind the taper roller bearing outer race
Taper Roller Bearing Outer Race
Spring pin
Gearshift Lever
Shaft Seal
- For the selector shaft
- Replacing, refer to Removal and Installation
Bolt
- 10 Nm + 45° (1/8 turn)
- Quantity: 3
Left Flange Shaft
- Removing and installing, refer to LEFT FLANGE SHAFT .
Bracket
- Attached to the left flange shaft with the ball bearing -20- and the circlip -21-
- Check for traces of wear on the bearing bracket and check the pre-tension on the ball bearing for the left flange shaft. Refer to LEFT FLANGE SHAFT BALL BEARING PRE-TENSION, CHECKING
Ball Bearing
- For the left flange shaft
- Left flange shaft ball bearing pre-tension, checking, refer to LEFT FLANGE SHAFT BALL BEARING PRE-TENSION, CHECKING
- Removing and installing, refer to LEFT FLANGE SHAFT BALL BEARING MOUNTING BRACKET
Locking Ring
- For the left flange shaft bearing
- Replace
Shaft Seal
- For the input shaft
- Removing and installing, refer to INPUT SHAFT SEAL

Fig 2: Tightening Specification And Sequence, Front Final Drive Cover

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NOTE:

Replace bolts that are tightened to the specification.

-- Tighten the bolts in three steps in the sequence shown:

Step	Bolts	Tightening Specification/Additional Turn
1.	-1 ••• 10-	3 Nm
2.	-1 ••• 10-	20 Nm
3.	-1 ••• 10-	Tighten 90° further