Differential Assembly: Disassembly

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Remove side gears and thrust washers. See Fig 1 or Fig 2 .
Place gear case in a vise. Insert a 0.07" (20 mm) punch into the roll pin hole from the ring gear side, and remove roll pin. Remove pinion shaft, pinion gears and rotate thrust washers out of differential housing.
Using appropriate bearing puller, remove side bearings. Remove sensor rotor from gear case.
On bolt fixed type, remove ring gear from gear case.

Fig 1: Exploded View Of Differential (Rivet Fixed Type)

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Fig 2: Exploded View Of Differential (Bolt Fixed Type)

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