Rear Final Drive Assembly: Assembly
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2016 Infiniti QX60. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Install stud bolt to side cover.CAUTION:
Never reuse stud bolt.
- Install side oil seal (cover side) until it becomes flush with the carrier end, using the drift (A) [SST: KV40105740 (-)].CAUTION:
- Never reuse oil seal.
- When installing, do not incline oil seals.
- Apply gear oil onto side oil seal lip.
- Install side oil seal (carrier side) until it becomes flush with the carrier end, using the drift (A) and drift bar (B).
A : Drift [SST: KV31103000 (J-38982)] B : Drift bar [SST: ST35325000 (-)] CAUTION:- Never reuse oil seal.
- When installing, do not incline oil seals.
- Apply gear oil onto side oil seal lip.
- Install drain plug.CAUTION:
Never reuse drain plug.
- Install filler plug.CAUTION:
Never reuse filler plug.
- Using the drift (A) [SST: ST30720000 (J-25405)], install front oil seal (1) as shown in the figure below.
B : 0.5 - 1.2 mm (0.020 - 0.047 in) CAUTION:- Never reuse oil seal.
- When installing, never incline oil seal.
- Apply gear oil onto side oil seal lip.
- Install wave washer to electric controlled coupling.
- Apply liquid gasket (1) to mating surface of coupling cover.
Use Genuine Silicone RTV or equivalent. Refer to RECOMMENDED CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND SEALANTS .
CAUTION:- Remove old gasket on mounting surfaces. Also remove any moisture, oil, or foreign material on mounting surfaces.
- The width of sealant bend is approximately 3 mm (0.012 in).
- Install electric controlled coupling to spline of drive pinion inside final drive assembly.
- Press the electric controlled coupling pin to check that it is positioned in the groove of the final drive assembly as shown in the figure below.NOTE:
If the pin is properly positioned in the groove, then the electric controlled coupling can be pressed by the same amount of flection of the wave washer.
- Temporarily tighten reamer bolts (1) to the positions shown in the figure below.CAUTION:
- Never use tools. Always tighten by hand.
- If reamer bolts cannot be tightened all the way by hand, the electric controlled coupling pin may not be positioned in the groove of the final drive assembly. In this case, remove electric controlled coupling and reinstall it.
- Tighten reamer bolts and coupling cover mounting bolts to the specified torque.
- Install harness bracket, and tighten bolts to the specified torque.
- Install torsional damper. (When torsional damper has been reused.)CAUTION:
Clean the mounting surface.
- Install torsional damper. (When torsional damper has been replaced.)
Degrease the mounting surface of electric controlled coupling, according to the following instruction.
- Install torsional damper mounting nut, using flange wrench (1) (commercial service tool) and tighten to the specified torque.CAUTION:
Never reuse torsional damper mounting nut.
- Check companion flange runout. Refer to ADJUSTMENT .
- When oil leaks while removing, check oil level after installation. Refer to INSPECTION .
- When replacing electric controlled coupling, perform writing unit characteristics after installing final drive assembly to the vehicle. Refer to DESCRIPTION .