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PART 4-1-REAR AXLE OVERHAUL
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tension housing. Install an oil seal
replacer tool in the housing to pre-
vent transmission leakage.
5. Place a drain
pan
under the
carrier and housing, remove the
carrier retaining nuts, and drain the
axle. Remove the carrier assembly
from the axle housing.
INSTALLATION
1. Clean the axle housing and
shafts using
k~rosene
and swabs. To
avoid contamination of the grease in
the sealed ball bearings, do not allow
any quantity of solvent directly on
the wheel bearings. Clean the mating
surfaces of the axle housing and
carrier.
2. Position the differential carrier
on the studs in the axle housing using
a new gasket between carrier and
housing. Install the copper washers
and the carrier-to-housing retaining
nuts, and torque to specification.
3. Remove the oil seal replacer
tool from the transmission extension
housing. Position the drive shaft so
that the front U-joint slip yoke splines
to the transmission output shaft.
4. Connect the drive shaft to the
axle U-joint flange, aligning the
scribe marks made on the drive shaft
end yoke and the axle U-joint flange
during the removal procedure (Fig.
28). Install the U-bolts and nuts and
torque to -specification.
5. Install the two axle shaft as-
semblies in the axle housing. Care
must be exercised to prevent
damage to the oil seals. The
shorter shaft goes into the left side
of the housing.
When installing an axle shaft, place
a new gasket on each side of the
brake backing plate and carefully
slide the axle shaft into the housing
so that the rough forging of the shaft
will not damage the oil seal. Start
the axle splines into the differential
side gear, and push the shaft in until
the bearing bottoms in the housing.
6. Instail the bearing retainers on
the attaching bolts on the axle hous-
ing flanges. Install the nuts on the
bolts and torque to specification.
7. Install the two rear brake
drums and the drum retaining (Tin-
nerman) nuts.
8. Install the rear wheel and tyre
assemblies.
9. If the rear brake shoe were
backed off, adjust the
brakes.
10. Fill the rear axle with specified
lubricant.
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