Overview - Final Drive

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NOTE:

Clean working conditions for the automatic transmission, refer to CLEAN WORKING CONDITIONS, GUIDELINES .

General repair instructions, refer to GENERAL REPAIR INFORMATION .

Fig 1: Overview Of Front Final Drive

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Right Flange Shaft
- Removing and installing, refer to RIGHT FLANGE SHAFT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING
Locking Ring
- Replacing
Shaft Seal
- For the right flange shaft
- Replacing, refer to RIGHT SEAL, REPLACING
Sealing Plug
- For the hole for checking and filling
- For the transmission fluid inside the front final drive
- Tightening specification, refer to -item 2- Sealing Plug (See Figure).
Cover
- For the front final drive
- Pay attention to the alignment sleeves
Shim
- Behind the taper roller bearing outer race
Taper Roller Bearing Outer Race
O-Ring
- On the front final drive cover
- Removing and installing, refer to FRONT FINAL DRIVE COVER O-RING, REMOVING AND INSTALLING
Differential
Transmission
Shaft Seal
- for the transmission shift lever
- Replacing, refer to SELECTOR SHAFT SEAL, REPLACING
Selector Lever
- Replacing, refer to SELECTOR SHAFT SEAL, REPLACING .
Spring pin
- Removing and installing, refer to SELECTOR SHAFT SEAL, REPLACING .
Left Flange Shaft
- Removing and installing, refer to LEFT FLANGE SHAFT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING
Bolt
- 9 Nm + 60° turn
- Replacing
Gear Carrier
- Use the circlip to attach together with the mount, refer to -item 17- Bearings and -item 18- Circlip to the left flange shaft (See Fig 1).
- Is identified together as the left flange shaft mounting bracket.
Bearings
- For the left flange shaft
Circlip
- For left flange shaft mount
Torque Converter
- Removing and installing, refer to TORQUE CONVERTER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING
Shaft Seal
- For the torque converter
- Removing and installing, refer to TORQUE CONVERTER SEAL, REMOVING AND INSTALLING
Shaft Seal
- For the left flange shaft
- Between the final drive and the transmission housing
- Replacing, refer to LEFT SEAL, REPLACING
Shim
- Behind the taper roller bearing outer race
Taper Roller Bearing Outer Race
Bolt
- Quantity: 11
- Tightening specification and sequence, refer to Fig 2.

Fig 2: Front Final Drive Cover - Tightening Sequence

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-- Tighten the bolts in two steps in the sequence shown.

Step	Bolts	Tightening Specification
1.	-1- and -6-	3 Nm
2.	-1 to 11-	27 Nm