Side Oil Seal Replacement

REMOVAL
1. Disconnect the ground cable from battery.
2. Move the selector lever to "N".
3. Release the parking brake.
4. Loosen wheel nuts.
5. Jack up the vehicle and support it with rigid racks.
6. Remove the wheels.
7. Remove the rear exhaust pipe.
8. Remove the DOJ of rear drive shaft from the rear differential.





(1) Remove the ABS sensor cable clamp and parking





(2) Remove the parking brake cable clamp from the rear axle frame.





(3) Remove the rear stabilizer link.





(4) Remove the brake hose clamps from rear strut.





(5) Remove the bolts which secure the trailing link to the rear housing.





(6) Remove the bolts which secure the front and rear lateral link to the rear housing.





(7) Remove the DOJ from the rear differential by using the Drive Shaft Remover.
Special tool: Drive Shaft Remover (28099PA100)





- When removing DOJ from rear differential using remover, fit remover to the bolt as shown so as not to damage side bearing retainer.





9. Secure rear drive shaft to rear sub frame using wire.
- The LH side spline shaft circlip only comes out together with the shaft. RH side circlip is fitted inside the rear differential, and it need not be removed.





10. Remove the side oil seal.

INSTALLATION
1. Drive in a new side oil seal with DRIFT. Apply chassis grease between the oil seal lips.
Special tool: DRIFT (398437700)

2. Insert the DOJ into rear differential. Before inserting, replace the circlip at the end of the LH spline shaft with a new one.





(1) Install the side oil seal protector to rear differential.





(2) Insert the spline shaft until the spline portion is inside the side oil seal.





(3) Remove the side oil seal protector.





(4) Completely insert DOJ into rear differential by pressing rear housing. Check that oil seal lip is not folded over inward.

3. Reassembling procedure hereafter is the reverse of the disassembling.