Component Location Overview - Seals
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- Transmission
- Right Seal
- Replacing. Refer to RIGHT SEAL, REPLACING .
- Seal
- For the selector shaft
- Replacing. Refer to SELECTOR SHAFT SEAL, REPLACING .
- Right Seal
- For All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicles
- Replacing. Refer to RIGHT SEAL, REPLACING .
- Seal
- Always replace after removing
- Insert into the surrounding right flange shaft groove
- Remove to replace needle bearing (polygon bearing) -7-. Refer to RIGHT FLANGE SHAFT NEEDLE BEARING (POLYGON BEARING), REPLACING .
- Right Flange Shaft
- For All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicles
- Removing and installing. Refer to RIGHT FLANGE SHAFT, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .
- Needle Bearing (Polygon Bearing)
- If it is difficult to move when the flange shaft is removed, this is not a fault
- Acoustic test only when installed
- Check for damage, for example for cracks on the bearing outer race
- Replacing. Refer to RIGHT FLANGE SHAFT NEEDLE BEARING (POLYGON BEARING), REPLACING .
- Bevel Box
- Seal
- For output flange
- For All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicles
- Replacing. Refer to OUTPUT FLANGE SEAL, REPLACING .
- Seal
- Between the transmission and the bevel box, on the bevel box
- For All Wheel Drive (AWD) vehicles
- Replacing. Refer to SEAL ON BEVEL BOX BETWEEN TRANSMISSION AND BEVEL BOX, REPLACING .
- Left Seal
- For the left flange shaft
- Replacing. Refer to LEFT SEAL, REPLACING .