Disassembly And Assembly: Differential: Installing
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-- Drive into the differential housing up to the stop.
-- Insert the thrust washer union using transmission fluid.
-- Install and secure both large differential planetary gears, for example, with a flange shaft.
-- Insert the small differential planetary gears 180° offset and pivot them into position.
-- Press the differential bevel gear -arrow A- up to the first small differential bevel gear.
-- Insert threaded pieces -arrow B- into the large differential planetary gears.
Installed position: collar faces toward the differential bevel gear
-- Install the differential bevel gear axle up the end position and secure it with a new roll pin.