Drain/Fill Rear Axle Gear Oil - AR35.31-P-0523LW

Model 205 (except 205.387/486/487), 253 (except 253.388/389/988/989/992/993) 

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	Risk of injury  . Skin or eye injuries may result when handling hot or glowing objects.	Wear protective gloves, protective clothing and safety glasses, if necessary.	AS00.00-Z-0002-01A
	Risk of injury  to skin and eyes due to handling of transmission oil. Health risk caused by swallowing transmission oil	Wear protective gloves, protective clothing and safety glasses. Do not pour transmission oil into beverage bottles.	AS00.40-Z-0001-01A
	Risk of injury  caused by scraping or cutting body parts on sharp vehicle parts	Always wear protective gloves when working on or near sharp and non-deburred vehicle parts. Deburr repair panels.	AS00.00-Z-0017-01A
Notice	Notes on self-locking nuts and bolts		AH00.00-P-0001-01KOA
	Notes on safety-relevant components		AH00.00-Z-0019-01A
	Drain off
1	Raise vehicle.		AR00.60-P-1002LWG
2	Clean area surrounding oil filler screw (50g) and drain screw (50h).	Assembly cleaner	*BR00.45-Z-1028-04A
3	Remove oil filler screw (50 g).
4	Remove drain screw (50h) and collect rear axle differential oil in suitable container.
	Clean
5	Clean new oil filler screw (50g) and new drain screw (50h) with cleaning spray.	Loctite 7063 (400 ml) cleaning spray	*BR00.45-Z-1046-04A
6	Clean threaded holes of oil filler screw (50g) and drain screw (50h) in rear axle differential using cleaning spray.	Loctite 7063 (400 ml) cleaning spray	*BR00.45-Z-1046-04A
	Fill
7	Apply one drop of sealant to the lower third of the thread on the drain plug (50 h).	Sealant, Omnifit 100H (50 g)	*BR00.45-Z-1061-01A
8	Screw in and tighten drain screw (50h).	Drain screw to rear axle differential	*BA35.31-P-1003-02H
9	Add rear axle differential oil using hand pump to rear axle differential.
	Differentiating characteristics of cast iron differential housings	Model 205 (except 205.086/286/287/386/387/486/487) except code 700 (Vehicle production location China)	GF35.31-P-0002-02A
	Differentiating characteristics of aluminum differential housings	Model 205 (except 205.086/087/286/287/386/387/486/487), 253 (except 253.388/389/988/989/992/993) except code 700 (Vehicle production location China) Observe differentiating features in order to determine the correct oil filling capacity.	GF35.31-P-0002-01A
		Model 253 (except 253.388/389/988/989/992/993) except code 700 (Vehicle production location China) Filling capacity	*BF35.31-P-1001-02B
		Model 253 (except 253.388/389/988/989/992/993) with code 700 (Vehicle production location China) Filling capacity	*BF35.31-P-1002-02B
		Model 205 (except 205.086/087/286/287/386/387/486/487) FE rear axle differential filling capacity	*BF35.31-P-1001-01U
		Model 205 (except 205.086/087/286/287/386/387/486/487) ALU rear axle differential filling capacity	*BF35.31-P-1002-01U
		Model 205.086/087/286/287Filling capacity for rear axle differential with differential lock	*BF35.31-P-1003-01U
		Model 205 (except 205.086/087/286/287/386/387/486/487) with code 700 (Vehicle production location China) Filling capacity	*BF35.31-P-1004-01U
		Hand pump	Fig 1
10	Apply a drop of sealant to the lower third of the thread on the oil filler screw (50g).	Sealant, Omnifit 100H (50 g)	*BR00.45-Z-1061-01A
11	Screw in and tighten oil filler screw (50g).	Oil filler screw of rear axle differential	*BA35.31-P-1002-02H
12	Check rear axle differential for leak tightness.
13	Lower vehicle.		AR00.60-P-1002LWG

Fig 1: Identifying Hand Pump (210 589 00 71 00)

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