Front Air Distribution Housing
AIR DISTRIBUTION HOUSING
NOTE: The air distribution housing must be removed from the HVAC housing and disassembled for service of the mode-air and blend-air doors.
1. Remove the air distribution housing from the HVAC housing and place it on a workbench .
2. Remove the screws (4) that secure the mode door actuator (2) and the two blend door actuators (3 and 5) to the driver side of the air distribution housing (1) and remove the actuators.
3. Remove the defrost door linkage arm (1), instrument panel door linkage arm (2), mode door cam (3), floor door gear (4), driver side blend door gear (5) and the passenger side blend door stop (6) from the driver side of the air distribution housing (7).
4. Remove the six screws (1) that secure the floor distribution ducts (2) to the air distribution housing (3) and remove the ducts.
5. Remove the screw (1) from the center of the driver side of the air distribution housing (2).
6. Carefully cut the foam seal (3) along the parting line (4) of the two halves of the air distribution housing. If the seal is deformed or damaged, it must be replaced.
7. Remove the seven screws (5) that secure the two halves of the air distribution housing together and carefully separate the housing.
8. Push down on the retaining tab (3) of the blend door gear (4) and carefully pull the gear out of the pivot shaft of the driver side blend-air door (1).
NOTE: If the seal on the air door is deformed or damaged, the air door must be replaced.
9. Remove the blend-air door from the driver side of the air distribution housing (2).
10. Remove the screw (4) that secures the driver side air vane (1) to the passenger side of the air distribution housing (6) and remove the vane.
NOTE: If the seal on any air door is deformed or damaged, the air door must be replaced.
11. Remove the air doors (2, 3 and 5) and the center partition (7) from the air distribution housing.
12. Remove the screw that secures the passenger side air vane (1) to the passenger side of the air distribution housing (4) and remove the vane.
NOTE: If the seal on any air door is deformed or damaged, the air door must be replaced.
13. Remove the air doors (2, 3 and 5) from the passenger side of the air distribution housing.