Differential: Service and Repair

Removing and installing cover for front final drive

Tools





Preliminary work

1. Raise the vehicle at the specified jacking points.
2. Remove underbody panel.
3. Remove cardan shaft.
4. Remove front final drive.
5. Drain oil for front final drive.

Removing cover for front final drive





1. Lever out halfshaft flange with mounting lever.
2. Unscrew fastening screws between the cover and the transmission.
3. Remove cover by tapping lightly with a rubber hammer if necessary.

Installing cover for front final drive

1. Fit untwisted sealing ring on cover.
2. Coat sealing ring with Vaseline.
3. Place cover on transmission and position with centering pins P 9321.
4. Screw in fastening screws between the cover and the transmission.





5. Replace circlip for the halfshaft flange. To do this, clamp the flange in the vice with a hexagon-head bolt -B- and press out the circlip with the new circlip -A-.
6. Grease circlip for easier fitting.
7. Drive halfshaft flange into transmission using a rubber hammer.

Subsequent work

1. Install front final drive.
2. Fill in oil for front final drive.
3. Install cardan shaft.
4. Fit underbody panels.
5. Lower the vehicle.