Dodge ram truck 3500 1996 Service Manual page 145

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MODEL 60/70/80 AXLES
INDEX
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GENERAL INFORMATION
GENERAL INFORMATION 79
LUBRICANT 81
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
STANDARD DIFFERENTIAL OPERATION 81
TRAC-LOK/POWER-LOK OPERATION 81
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
DRIVELINE SNAP 83
GEAR AND BEARING NOISE 83
GENERAL INFORMATION 82
LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL 84
LOW SPEED KNOCK 83
REAR AXLE ALIGNMENT 83
SERVICE DIAGNOSIS 85
TRAC-LOK NOISE DIAGNOSIS 87
VIBRATION 83
SERVICE PROCEDURES
DRAIN AND REFILL 87
WHEEL BEARINGS 88
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
AXLE ASSEMBLY 88
AXLE ASSEMBLY 91
DIFFERENTIAL SIDE BEARINGS 92
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DIFFERENTIAL 91
EXCITER AND RING GEAR . 94
PINION GEAR 95
PINION SEAL—MODEL 70/80 90
PINION SHAFT SEAL 89
DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY
POWER-LOK—MODEL 70/TRAC-LOK—
MODEL 80 104
STANDARD DIFFERENTIAL 99
TRAC-LOK DIFFERENTIAL 100
CLEANING AND INSPECTION
AXLE COMPONENTS 107
TRAC-LOK AND POWER-LOK 107
ADJUSTMENTS
DIFFERENTIAL BEARING PRELOAD AND
GEAR LASH 110
PINION GEAR DEPTH 108
SPECIFICATIONS
MODEL 60/70/80 REAR AXLES 113
TORQUE 113
SPECIAL TOOLS
MODEL 60/70/80 AXLES 114
G E N E R A L I N F O R M A T I O N
GENERAL INFORMATION
The axle housing (Fig. 1) consists of an iron center
casting with axle shaft tubes extending from either
side. The tubes are pressed in to form a one-piece
axle housing.