Gear Oil In Rear Final Drive 0BF And 0BE, Draining

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Special Tools and workshop equipment required

Catch Tray

Rear Final Drive 0BF

-- Remove the gear oil inspection plug -arrow-.

Fig 1: Gear Oil Inspection Plug

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NOTE:

Overview of the gear oil plugs, refer to Figure
Remove the gear oil inspection plug so that the gear oil can flow faster out of the drain hole.

-- Remove the drain plug -arrow- and drain the gear oil.

Fig 2: Gear Oil Drain Plug

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Rear Final Drive 0BE

-- Remove the gear oil inspection plug -1-.

Fig 3: Rear Final Drive Gear Oil Plugs

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NOTE:

Overview of the gear oil plugs, refer to Figure.
Remove the gear oil inspection plug so that the gear oil can flow faster out of the drain hole.

-- Remove the drain plug -arrow- and drain the gear oil.

Fig 4: Gear Oil Drain Plug

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Continuation for All Rear Final Drives

-- Install and tighten the new gear oil drain plug -arrow-. Tightening specification, refer to item 16.