Removal And Installation

REAR PROPELLER SHAFT


Removal and Installation


REMOVAL
1. Shift the transmission to the neutral position, and then release the parking brake.
2. Remove the center muffler and exhaust front tube with power tool. Refer to Regular Grade.
3. Remove the heat insulator.





4. Attach propeller shaft protector [SST: -- (J-46208)] to propeller shaft.
5. Put matching marks (A) on propeller shaft companion flange and final drive companion flange.






CAUTION:
For matching marks, use paint. Never damage propeller shaft companion flange and final drive companion flange.
6. Remove propeller shaft fixing bolts and nuts, and then remove propeller shaft from the vehicle.

CAUTION:
Never damage the rear oil seal of transmission.

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

CAUTION:
After the installation, remove the propellershaft protector from the propeller shaft.
- When installing propeller shaft, attach propeller shaft protector to propeller shaft.





- Aligning the matching of propeller shaft (A) companion flange with that of final drive companion flange (B).
- If propeller shaft assembly or final drive assembly has been replaced, connect them as follows:





- Face the companion flange mark (A) of the final drive (1) upward.
With the mark (A) faced upward, couple the propeller shaft and the final drive so that the matching mark (B) of propeller shaft (2) can be positioned as closest as possible with the matching mark (C) of the final drive companion flange.
- Tighten mounting bolts and nuts of propeller shaft and final drive to the specified torque.
- After assembly, perform a driving test to check propeller shaft vibration. If vibration occurred, separate propeller shaft from final drive. Reinstall companion flange after rotating it by 90, 180, 270
degrees. Then perform driving test and check propeller shaft vibration again at each point.