Removal And Installation

FRONT FINAL DRIVE ASSEMBLY


Removal and Installation


REMOVAL
1. Drain the differential gear oil. Draining.
2. Remove the drive shafts. Removal And Installation.
3. Remove the front propeller shaft from the front final drive assembly. Removal And Installation.
4. Disconnect the breather hose from the front final drive assembly.
5. Support the front final drive assembly using a suitable jack.
6. Remove the front final drive assembly bolts, then remove the front final drive assembly with a power tool.

CAUTION:
Secure the front final drive assembly to a suitable jack while removing it.

INSTALLATION
Note the following, and installation is in the reverse order of removal.

CAUTION:
Check that there are no pinched or restricted areas on the breather hose caused by bending or winding when installing it.





- Install the breather hose (1) as shown in the figure.

Arrow: : Vehicle front

- Install the breather hose (1) of final side with the paint mark (A) facing vehicle front, and insert the breather hose until dimension
(B) shown as follows.

B: 20 mm (0.79 in)

CAUTION:
- Never reuse hose clamp.
- Install the hose clamp with the tab facing vehicle front.
- Be sure to fix the breather hose in (C) position.
- If remove the bracket (2), align stopper part (D) to part (E) of suspension mounting bracket (3), and tighten the mounting bolt (4) to specified torque.

Specified torque: 8.3 N-m (0.85 kg-m, 73 in-lb)

- When oil leaks while removing final drive assembly, check oil level after the installation. .