Buick LeSabre 1965 Service Manual page 393

REAR AXLE, 4 6 , 4 8 , 4 9 0 0 0 SERIES
6-27
Fig. 6-51—Installing Rear Wheel Bearing or Retaining Ring
SLIDE
HAMMER
J-2619
ADAPTER
J-2619-4
Fig. 6-52—Removing Axle Shaft Oil Seal
Fig. 6-53-lnstalling Axle Shaft
Oil Seal
at reassembly. Then disconnect
rear universal joint by removing
two U-bolts. (On 49000, mark
flanged ball stud yoke and rear
pinion flange for proper alignment
at reassembly. Then disconnect
rear CV joint by removing 4 pin-
ion flange bolts.) Push rear pro-
peller shaft forward as far as
possible, then wire it to the upper
control arm frame bracket to
support it out of the way.
3. Remove rear wheels and brake
drums. Remove axle shaft as-
semblies as described in para-
graph 6-14.
4. Remove carrier to axle hous-
ing nuts except two opposite nuts;
back these two nuts out until they
engage only a few threads.
5. Locate a drain pan under car-
rier flange, then move carrier
forward to drain gear lubricant.
6. Remove carrier a s s e m b l y
using a transmission jack, if
available.
b. Install Carrier Assembly
1. Clean gasket surface of rear
axle housing. Apply gasket cement
and install new gasket. Make sure
mounting surface of carrier is
clean and free of any burrs or
nicks.
2. Raise carrier assembly with a
transmission jack, if available.
Install carrier on axle housing.
Torque nuts to 50 ft. lbs.
3. Install axle shaft assemblies
as described in paragraph 6-14.