Output Shaft Seal and Flange: Installation
WARNING: This page is about a different variant/trim than selected.
All vehicles
- Install the new collapsible spacer.
- Install the bearing onto the output shaft.
- Using the PTU Drive Gear Outer Oil Seal Installer, install the output shaft seal.
- Install the output pinion flange.
- Using the Drive Pinion Flange Holding Fixture to hold the output pinion flange, install and tighten the new pinion flange nut.
- Using the index mark, position the driveshaft and install the 4 driveshaft-to-PTU output flange bolts.
- Tighten to 70 Nm (52 lb-ft).
GTDI vehicles
- Install the new LH and RH exhaust flexible pipe-to-underbody catalytic converter gaskets and nuts.
- Tighten to 40 Nm (30 lb-ft).
All vehicles except GTDI
- Install the new exhaust Y-pipe-to-muffler and tail pipe flange gasket and nuts.
- Tighten to 40 Nm (30 lb-ft).
All vehicles
- Fill the PTU as necessary. Refer to POWER TRANSFER UNIT (PTU) DRAINING AND FILLING .
NOTE:
Install the output pinion flange to engage the spline as previously marked.
NOTE:
Refer to the rotational torque previously recorded with the Nm (lb-in) torque wrench. Tighten the pinion nut in small increments until it is within 0.3 Nm (3 lb-in) of the reference measurement. If 0.3 Nm (3 lb-in) is exceeded, then the collapsible spacer will be damaged and a new collapsible spacer will be required.