Right Flange Shaft

Right Flange Shaft

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Oil receptacle

Removing

• Transmission installed.

- Remove right front wheel.

- On vehicles equipped with auxiliary heater, remove bolts - arrows - for the exhaust pipe on the auxiliary heater to noise insulation.





- Remove the bolts or quick release screws - 1 to 3 - and remove the noise insulation at front and rear.





- Where installed, remove bolt - 1 - for the noise insulation cover over the right drive axle.





- Disengage hook - 2 - and remove noise insulation cover.

- Remove heat shield for the right drive axle.

- Remove right drive axle.

- Remove mounting bracket for flange shaft - arrows -.





- Place an oil drain pan underneath the transmission.

- Pull out the right flange shaft together with mounting bracket.

Installing

- Clean flange shaft.

- A damaged sealing ring must be replaced. Refer to => [ Right Flange Shaft Sealing Ring and Grooved Ball Bearing ] Right Flange Shaft Sealing Ring and Grooved Ball Bearing.

- Replace O-ring - arrow A - on mounting bracket for flange shaft.





- Slide spring - C - with cap outward into hole on end of flange shaft - arrow -.

- Insert flange shaft - B - into transmission housing.

• While sliding in the flange shaft, make sure that spring - C - remains in the flange shaft and does not fall into transmission.

- Tightly bolt bracket for flange shaft - arrows -.





- Install right drive axle.

- Check gear oil level in front final drive. Refer to => [ Front Final Drive, Gear Oil Level Checking ] .

Tightening Specifications