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Differential, disassembling and assembling: Notes

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CAUTION: The inner and outer races of the tapered roller bearings are a matched set and cannot be interchanged.

The following list pertains to Fig 1.

  1. Final drive gear 
  2. Special rivet 
  3. Tapered roller bearing inner race, opposite final drive gear 
  4. Tapered roller bearing outer race 
  5. Shim S2 
    • Always 1 mm thick
  6. Securing set 
  7. Clutch housing 
  8. Sleeve 
  9. Oil seal 
  10. Drive flange output shaft 
    • Remove circlip -23- before removing
    • Turn lightly during removal
    • Press in carefully during installation
    • Threaded socket is opposite differential bearings
    • Do not damage thrust washer
  11. Tapered roller bearing inner race, final drive gear side 
  12. Tapered roller bearing outer race 
  13. Shim S1 
  14. Transmission housing 
  15. Circlip 
    • Always replace
    • Must seat securely in groove
  16. Dished washer 
  17. Drive flange 
  18. Spring 
  19. Thrust washer 
  20. Tapered ring 
  21. Differential housing 
  22. One-piece thrust washer 
    • Lubricate with gear oil before installation
  23. Circlip 
    • Secures drive flange output shaft -10-
  24. Shaft for differential gears 
  25. Circlip 
  26. Differential gears 
  27. Rivet 
    • For attaching final drive gear to differential housing
    • For production only
    • For repairs, use securing set -6-
    • Drilling out, see Drilling out rivet heads 
  28. Cover 
Fig 1: Exploded View Of Differential Assembly
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