Specifications

Assembly and Installation
84 MAINTENANCE MANUAL
Cylindrical Holes, Nuts and Washers
1. Clean the mounting surfaces of the axle shaft
and wheel hub.
2. If silicone gasket material is used, apply a 0.125-
inch (3 mm) diameter bead of the gasket mate-
rial around the mounting surface of the hub and
around the edge of each fastener hole.
3. Install the gaskets and axle shafts in the axle
housinganddifferential.Thegasketandange
oftheaxleshaftsmusttatagainstthewheel
hub. Figure 5.109.
4. If the wheel hubs have tapered hole studs,
install solid tapered washers in each stud and
intheangeoftheaxleshaft.Figure5.109.
5. If the wheel hubs have cylindrical holes cap-
screw, install the capscrews washers. Tight-
en the correct torque value. See the Section
8.
6. Position the gasket between the bearing cage of
the output axle and housing axle.
7.Install the output axle and bearing cage as-
sembly in the axle housing. Rotate the out-
put axle to align the splines of the output axle
splines of the rear side gear.
8.Clean the bearing cage to housing cap-
screws. Remove RTV residue from the thru-
drilled tapped holes.
9. Apply a 0.25-inch (6 mm) length bead
of Loctite 518 sealant in the thru-drilled
tapped holes located at the two, five and
eight o’clock positions. Figure 5.111.
10. Install the gasket and axle shaft in the housing.
Thegasketandangeoftheaxleshaftmustt
atagainstthewheelhub.Figure5.109.
11. Install the Grade 8 nuts and washers on the
stud. Lock washers are an acceptable alter-
native. Tighten the stud nuts to the torque
speciedinTableM.
12.Filltheaxlewiththespeciedlubricant.See
the procedure in this section.
CAPSCREW
FORK
BLIND
TAPPED
HOLE
AXLE
HOUSING
TAPPED
HOLE
OUTPUT AXLE
BEARING CAGE
THRU-DRILED
TAPPED HOLE
THRU-
DRILED
TAPPED
HOLE
Figure 5.111