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FINAL DRIVE

Assembly

  1. Apply gear oil to sliding area of differential case, each gear, and thrust washer.

  

  1. Install side gear thrust washers and side gears into differential case.
  2. While rotating pinion mate thrust washers and pinion mate gears, aligning them diagonally, install them into differential case.

  

  1. Insert pinion mate shaft into differential case.

CAUTION:
Do not damage pinion mate thrust washers.

  

  1. Measure end play of side gears following the procedure below. Then select side gear thrust washer.
    1. Put differential case vertically so that its side gear to be measured faces upward.
    2. Place the Tool and a dial indicator onto side gears.

Tool number : - (J-39713)

  

    1. Move side gears up and down to measure the clearance and select thrust washer so that it satisfies the standard value.

  

CAUTION:

  • There should be no resistance and gears should rotate freely.
  • Place differential case upside down. Measure the end play for opposite side-gears likewise securely.
  • Only one thrust washer can be selected.

  

  1. Install retaining pin into pinion mate shaft using suitable tool.

CAUTION:
Do not reuse retaining pin.

  

  1. Press in differential side bearing (transaxle case side) to differential case using Tools.

  

CAUTION:
Replace differential side bearing and differential side bearing outer race as a set.

  

  1. Align and install speedometer drive gear onto differential case.
  2. Press in differential side bearing (clutch housing side) to differential case using Tools (A) and (B).

  

  

CAUTION:

  • Do not reuse differential side bearing and differential side bearing outer race.
  • Replace differential side bearing and differential side bearing outer race as a set.

  

  1. Install final gear into differential case and tighten final gear bolts to the specified torque.