Jeep 1997 Grand Cherokee Service Manual page 95

RAWHIDE HAM- MER
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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)
REMOVAL
(1) Remove differential from axle housing.
(2) Place differential case in a suitable vise with
soft metal jaw protectors. (Fig. 55)
(3) Remove bolts holding ring gear to differential
case.
(4) Using a soft hammer, drive ring gear from dif-
ferential case (Fig. 55).
Fig. 55 Ring Gear Removal
INSTALLATION
CAUTION: Do not reuse the bolts that held the ring
gear to the differential case. The bolts can fracture
causing extensive damage.
(1) Invert the differential case and start two ring
gear bolts. This will provide case-to-ring gear bolt
hole alignment.
(2) Invert the differential case in the vise.
(3) Install new ring gear bolts and alternately
tighten to 95–122 N·m (70–90 ft. lbs.) torque (Fig.
56).
(4) Install differential in axle housing and verify
gear mesh and contact pattern.
DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY
STANDARD DIFFERENTIAL
DISASSEMBLY
(1) Remove the ring gear.
(2) Using a suitable roll pin punch, drive out the
roll pin holding pinion gear mate shaft in the differ-
ential case (Fig. 57).
(3) Remove the pinion gear mate shaft from the
differential case and the pinion mate gears.
(4) Rotate differential side gears and remove the
pinion mate gears and thrust washers (Fig. 58).
CASE RING GEAR RING GEAR
(5) Remove the differential side gears and thrust
washers.
ASSEMBLY
(1) Install the differential side gears and thrust
washers.
(2) Install the pinion mate gears and thrust wash-
ers.
(3) Install the pinion gear mate shaft. Align the
roll pin holes in shaft and the differential case.
CASE MATE SHAFT LOCKPIN
DIFFERENTIAL AND DRIVELINE
Fig. 56 Ring Gear Bolt Installation
Fig. 57 Mate Shaft Roll Pin Removal
TORQUE WRENCH RING GEAR BOLT DRIFT
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