Center Differential, Removing And Installing: Removing

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Transmission Installed

-- Remove the driveshaft. Refer to the appropriate service information. .

-- Drain the transmission fluid. Refer to the appropriate service information. .

CAUTION:

Transmission components could be damaged.

The self-locking center differential is pretensioned with a pressure spring.
Carefully remove the center differential housing from the transmission toward the rear. Otherwise the center differential could fall out of the transmission.

-- Remove the bolts from the self-locking center differential housing in the following sequence: -11 to 1-.

Fig 1: Center Differential Housing - Tightening Sequence

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-- Remove the oil guide piece.

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-- Secure the center differential -1- so it does not fall out or remove it toward the rear from the input shaft.

Fig 2: Identifying Center Differential -1- At Input Shaft

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