Disassembly And Assembly: Differential: Installing

-- Drive into the differential housing up to the stop.

Fig 1: Identifying Spring Pin Without Surrounding Groove (Long Spring Pin), Removal: Press Out Differential Bevel Gear Axle

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The roll pin is sheared off when it is removed.

-- Drive the remaining part of the roll pin out of the differential housing.

Fig 2: Identifying Spring Pin Without Surrounding Groove (Long Spring Pin), Installation

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-- Align the hole in the differential bevel gear axle to the hole in the differential housing.

-- Install the new roll pin to dimension -a- = 3.0 mm using a mandrel -1-.

• The roll pin must not come in contact with the transmission housing when the differential housing is installed.

Fig 3: Identifying Thrust Washer Union And Differential Housing

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Also, the differential housing has a groove -B- all the way around it.

-- Insert the thrust washer union using transmission fluid.

-- Install the thrust washer union so that it fits into the groove -B- in the differential housing.

Fig 4: Differential Bevel Gears And Differential Bevel Gear Axle, Installation

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-- 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 the threaded pieces -arrow B- into the large differential planetary gears.

Installed position: Collar toward the differential bevel gear

-- Install the differential bevel gear axle up the end position and secure it with a new spring pin.

Fig 5: Identifying Installation Position Of Thrust Washer For Tapered Ring

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The collar -arrow- faces the pressure spring -B-.

Some transmissions are not equipped with ridges -A-.

The ridges -A- face the tapered ring -1-.