Specifications

Removal and Disassembly
18 MAINTENANCE MANUAL
3.Usethecorrecttooltoholdtheforkorange
of the input shaft. Loosen, but do not remove,
the drive pinion nut. Figure 3.19.
4.Usethecorrecttooltoholdtheforkorange
dof the input shaft. Loosen, but do not re-
move,thenutthatfastenstheyokeorange
to the input shaft. Figure 3.20.
6. Rotate the differential in the support until the
forkorangegetbacktoyou.Connectalift-
ing device to the input fork.
NOTE:
Paint alignment marks on the helical drive
gear and the helical driven gear before you
remove the input shaft from the differential.
This will ensure exact reassembly the gears
owing mesh of the mated gears.
7. Paint alignment marks on the helical drive
gear and the helical driven gear.
• Foradrivengear:Painttheendsoftwoadja-
cent teeth.
• For a drive gear: Paint the top land of the
matching tooth and guide it into the two paint-
ed teeth of the driven gear.
CAUTION
ON ALL 160 SERIES DIFFERENTIAL AND 145
SERIES MANUFACTURED BEFORE SEP-
TEMBER 1998, THERE ARE TWO NOTCHES
ON THE SIDE OF THE INTER-AXLE DIFFER-
ENTIAL CASE. ONE OF THE NOTCHES ON
THE CASE MUST BE ALIGNED WITH THE
HELICAL DRIVEN GEAR. IF THE NOTCH IS
NOT ALIGNED OVER THE GEAR, THE GEAR
WILL PREVENT THE REMOVAL OF THE IN-
PUT SHAFT ASSEMBLY AND CAUSE DAM-
AGE TO THE ASSEMBLY.
8. Remove the input shaft, oil pump, if used,
and inter-axle differential from the differential
assembly.
5. Remove the capscrews and washers that
fasten the bearing cage to the input shaft to
differential cage. Figure 3.21.
PINION
COVER
Figure 3.18
Figure 3.19
Figure 3.20
Figure 3.21