Specifications

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Removal and Disassembly
MAINTENANCE MANUAL
7. Use an appropriate lifting device to remove the
main differential case and ring gear assembly
from the cage of differential. Figure 3.45.
Disassembly Main Differential Case
and Ring Gear
1. Use a punch and hammer to mark the case
halves. The marks will help you correctly
align the case halves during assembly. Fig-
ure 3.47.
2. Remove the capscrews and washers that
fasten the halves of the main differential to-
gether.
3.Remove the u-joint pinions, thrust washers
and side gears from the separated case as-
sembly. Figure 3.48.
NOTE:
If you replace either the bearing cup or the
cone, replace both parts in a fully-matched
set from the same manufacturer. The bear-
ing cones are not interchangeable.
8. If the bearing cones on the main differential
case need to be replaced, use a bearing ex-
tractor to remove the cones. Figure 3.46.
Figure 3.45
Figure 3.46
EXTRACTOR
PRESS
Figure 3.47
MARCAS
SIDE GEAR
THRUST WASHER
U-JOINT, PINIONS
AND THRUST
WASHER
Figure 3.48