Overview - Center Differential
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- Center Differential
- Bearing
- For self-locking center differential
- Pressure Spring
- Circlip
- Secures the ball bearing in the self-locking center differential housing
- Circlip
- Secures the transmission output shaft
- Ball Bearing
- For the transmission output shaft.
- Housing
- For the center differential
- Bolt
- 10 Nm + 90°
- Always replace
- M8 X 40
- Transmission Output Shaft
- Shaft Seal
- Replacing. Refer to TRANSMISSION OUTPUT SHAFT SEAL, REPLACING .
- Dust Ring
- Balance Weight
- Installed, depending on the version
- Bolt
- 30 Nm
Center Differential Housing - Tightening Specification and Sequence
- Replace the bolts that were tightened with an additional turn.
-- Tighten the bolts in three steps in the sequence shown:
| Step | Bolts | Tightening Specification/Additional Turn |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | -1 and 11- | 3 Nm |
| 2. | -1 to 11- | 10 Nm |
| 3. | -1 to 11- | 90° additional turn |