Front Differential

Differential - Assembly

Service Repair No - 54.10.01

Remove

1. Raise front of vehicle.

WARNING: Do not work on or under a vehicle supported only by a jack. Always support the vehicle on safety stands.

2. Remove front road wheels.
3. Drain oil from differential.





4. If same components to be refitted, reference mark propeller shaft and mating components.
5. Remove 4 nuts and bolts securing propeller shaft to differential. Release propeller shaft and tie aside.
6. Remove LH and RH front brake discs.





7. Disconnect each ABS sensor multiplug.





8. Release each harness from brake hose and hose bracket.





9. Remove 4 bolts securing each front wheel hub to front axle.
10. Release wheel hubs from front axle. Remove wheel hubs and drive shafts from front axle.





11. Remove oil seal from axle casing.





12. Remove 10 bolts securing differential to axle casing. Release and remove differential from axle casing.

Refit

1. Clean drive shaft oil seal recess, oil seal running surface, wheel hub and axle mating faces.
2. Using a suitable solvent, clean old RTV sealant from differential and axle mating faces.
3. Apply RTV sealant to differential or axle mating face.
4. Apply Loctite 243 to threads of differential securing bolts.
5. Fit differential to axle, fit bolts and tighten to 55 Nm (41 ft. lbs.).
6. Position propeller shaft and align reference marks. Fit bolts and tighten to 47 Nm (35 ft. lbs.).
7. Lubricate oil seal lip and running surface with clean differential oil.





8. Using LRT-54-012 and LRT-99-003, fit new drive shaft oil seal to axle casing.
9. Apply anti-seize compound to wheel hub and steering knuckle mating faces.
10. Ensure ABS harnesses are located in cut out in steering knuckles.
11. Fit drive shafts in axle casing and align wheel hubs with steering knuckles. Fit wheel hub bolts and tighten to 100 Nm (74 ft. lbs.).
12. Connect each ABS sensor multiplug and secure harness to harness bracket and brake hose.
13. Fit front brake discs.
14. Fit front road wheels and tighten nuts to 140 Nm (103 ft. lbs.).
15. Remove stand(s) and lower vehicle.
16. Fill differential with oil.