Removal and Installation: Installation
Note the following, and install in the reverse order of removal.
- Install center bearing mounting bracket (upper) (1) with its arrow mark (A) facing forward.
- Adjust position of center bearing mounting bracket (upper), center bearing mounting bracket (lower) (2) sliding back and forth to prevent play in thrust direction of center bearing insulator (3). Install center bearing mounting bracket (upper/lower) to vehicle.
- Align matching marks to install propeller shaft assembly to final drive and transfer companion flanges.
- After assembly, perform a driving test to check propeller shaft vibration. If vibration occurred, separate propeller shaft from final drive. Reinstall companion flange after rotating it by 90, 180, 270 degrees. Then perform driving test and check propeller shaft vibration again at each point.
- After tightening the bolts and nuts to the specified torque, make sure that the bolts (3) on the flange side is tightened as shown in the figure.
- If propeller shaft assembly or final drive assembly has been replaced, connect them as follows:
- Install propeller shaft (1) while aligning its matching mark (A) with the matching mark (B) of the final drive (2) on the joint as close as possible.
- Tighten mounting bolts and nuts of propeller shaft and final drive to the specified torque.