Dodge dakota 2002 Service Manual page 99

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FRONT AXLE - C205F (Continued)
(6) Install the marked bearing caps in their correct
positions. Install and snug the bolts.
(7) Using a dead-blow hammer to seat the differ-
ential dummy bearings to each side of the differential
housing (Fig. 13) and (Fig. 14).
Fig. 13 SEAT PINION GEAR SIDE
1 - DEAD-BLOW HAMMER
2 - HOUSING
3 - PINION GEAR SIDE
(8) Install Pilot Stud C-3288-B in cover bolt hole
below ring gear.
(9) Attach Dial Indicator C-3339 to post and posi-
tion dial indicator plunger on a flat surface on a ring
gear bolt head (Fig. 15).
(10) Push and hold differential to the pinion gear
side of the housing (Fig. 16) and zero dial indicator.
(11) Push and hold differential case to the ring
gear side and record dial indicator reading (Fig. 17).
(12) Add the dial indicator reading to the starting
point shim thicknesses to determine the total shim
thickness necessary to achieve zero differential end
play.
(13) Add 0.2 mm (0.008 in) to the zero end play
total. This new total represents the shims needed to
preload the new differential case bearings.
(14) Rotate dial indicator out of the way on pilot
stud.
(15) Remove differential case, dummy bearings
and dummy shims from the housing.
(16) Install the pinion gear in the housing. Install
the companion flange and establish the correct pinion
rotating torque.
Fig. 14 SEAT RING GEAR SIDE
1 - HOUSING
2 - DEAD-BLOW HAMMER
3 - RING GEAR SIDE
Fig. 15 DIFFERENTIAL SIDE PLAY
1 - DIFFERENTIAL
2 - PILOT STUD
3 - DIAL INDICATOR
4 - HOUSING
(17) Install differential case and Dummy Bearings
in the housing with a single dummy shim on the ring
gear side of the axle and tighten retaining cap bolts.
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