Halfshafts

Fig. 1: Exploded view of the front halfshaft — manual transmission

Fig. 2: Exploded view of the front halfshaft — automatic transmission

Before servicing the vehicle, refer to the precautions in the beginning of this section.
Remove or disconnect the following:
- Negative battery cable
- Wheel
- Axle nut
- Stabilizer link from transverse link
- Transverse link from housing
- Halfshaft-to-transmission roll pin and discard it
- Halfshaft from the transmission
Using Axle Shaft Puller 926470000 and Plate 927140000, remove the halfshaft from the hub.
To install:
Install the halfshaft into the hub.
Using Halfshaft Installer 922431000 and Adapter 927390000, pull the halfshaft through the hub.
Install and temporarily tighten a new axle nut.
Install or connect the following:
- Halfshaft onto the transmission, by aligning the halfshaft roll pin hole
- New roll pin
- Transverse link to housing. Torque the nut to 36 ft. lbs. (49 Nm).
- Stabilizer link
- New axle nut. Torque the nut to 197 ft. lbs. (186 Nm) and stake the nut.
- Wheel
- Negative battery cable
  
  Fig. 3: Be sure not to damage the threads when removing the front or rear halfshafts
  
  Fig. 4: To avoid using a hammer when installing the halfshafts, use the proper tools as shown

Before servicing the vehicle, refer to the precautions in the beginning of this section.
Remove or disconnect the following:
- Negative battery cable
- Axle nut
- Anti-lock Brakes (ABS) and parking brake cable bracket
- Lateral link assembly to rear housing
- Trailing link assembly from the rear housing bolt and nut
- Halfshaft-to-differential roll pin
- Halfshaft from the differential
Using Axle Shaft Puller 926470000 and Plate 927140000, remove the halfshaft from the hub.

Fig. 5: Exploded view of the rear halfshaft

To install:
Install the halfshaft into the rear housing.
Using Halfshaft Installer 922431000 and Adapter 927390000, pull the halfshaft into place.
Install and temporarily tighten a new axle nut.
Install or connect the following:
- Halfshaft-to-differential align roll pin holes and slide the halfshaft onto the splines
- New roll pin
- Trailing link assembly to the rear housing. Torque bolt and new nut to 84 ft. lbs. (113 Nm).
- Trailing link assembly-to-rear housing bolt and nut. Torque the new nut to 101 ft. lbs. (137 Nm).
- Stabilizer bracket
- ABS and parking brake cable bracket
- New axle nut. Torque the nut to 137 ft. lbs. (186 Nm).
- Wheel
- Negative battery cable