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Changing Differential Gear Oil: Draining

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  1. Stop the engine.
  2. Remove the drain plug and gasket from the rear final drive assembly to drain the differential gear oil.
  3. Install the drain plug with a new gasket to the rear final drive assembly. Tighten to the specified torque. Refer to "DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY ".
CAUTION: Do not reuse gasket.
Fig 1: Inspecting Differential Gear Oil Level Through Filler Plug
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