Differential Bearing Automatic Transaxle

NOTE: Component identifier numbers used in the following illustrations relate to specific steps in the procedures below.





NOTE: The transmission must have been dismantled up to the torque converter housing and the righthand inner drive shaft and the lefthand inner driver must be removed.

Disassembly
1. Remove the conical roller bearing from the differential housing using puller ring tool No. 87 91 832 screwed into basic puller tool 87 91 642, plug for removing differential bearing tool No. 87 91 659, or equivalent, may be used.
2. Remove the tapered roller bearing from the speedometer drive using basic puller with puller ring tool No. 87 91 717, or equivalent.
- Speedometer drive with dowel. If necessary, lift off the speedometer drive.
- Speedometer drive without dowel.
- If necessary, the speedometer drive is pulled off using a puller.
3. Pull off the outer race from the torque converter housing using support puller tool No. 87 91 683, screwed into outer race puller tool No. 87 91 675, or equivalents.





Assembly
1. Press the outer race into the torque converter housing using press piece tool No. 87 90 461 and drift tool No. 83 90 189, or equivalent.
- The bearing race in the gear case is installed when preloading the differential bearings.
2. Install the tapered roller bearing a press as far as it will go using installing sleeve tool No. 87 90 487 and support tool No. 89 95 177, or equivalents.
3. SPEEDOMETER DRIVE WITH DOWEL.
- Drive the dowel into the speedometer drive as far as it will go.
Install the speedometer drive to the differential so that the dowel engages in the recess.
4. A SPEEDOMETER DRIVE WITHOUT DOWEL.
- The speedometer drive is pressed onto the differential.
5. Press on the tapered roller bearing at the speedometer drive in a press with sleeve tool and support tool.