Rear Differential

Rear Differential

REMOVAL
1) Set the vehicle on a lift.
2) Disconnect the ground cable from the battery.
3) Shift the select lever or gear shift lever to neutral.
4) Release the parking brake.
5) Loosen the wheel nuts.
6) Lift up the vehicle.
7) Remove the wheels.
8) Remove the rear exhaust pipe and muffler.
9) Remove the propeller shaft.
10) Remove the clamps and bracket of parking brake cable.





11) Remove the DOJ of rear drive shaft from rear differential using ST.
ST 28099PA100 DRIVE SHAFT REMOVER





12) Suspend the rear drive shaft to the rear cross-member using wire.





13) Remove the lower bracket.





14) Support the rear differential with the transmission jack.





15) Remove the self-locking nuts and bolts.





16) Remove the bolts which secure the front differential member to the vehicle.
Loosen the bolt A first, then remove the bolt B.

NOTE: Instruct your co-worker to hold the front differential member so that it will not fall.





17) Remove the bolt A.
18) While slowly lowering the transmission jack, move the rear differential forward, and remove the front differential member and the rear differential from vehicle.





19) Remove the rear differential from the front differential member.





INSTALLATION
Install in the reverse order of removal.

1) Position the front differential member with the vehicle by passing the member under the parking brake cable and securing it to rear differential.

NOTE: When installing the front differential member, be careful of the order for installation of the upper and lower stoppers.

2) Install the DOJ of the drive shaft into the rear differential.
ST 28099PA090 OIL SEAL PROTECTOR





3) Installing procedure hereafter is in the reverse order of removal.
4) After installing, fill the differential carrier with gear oil up to the bottom of the filler plug hole.