Rear Axle

Axle Housing Assembly

Removal & Installation

To Remove:

1. Chock wheels and lift vehicle
2. Release the parking brake
3. Move select lever or gear shift lever to "N"
4. Disconnect or remove the following
   • Ground cable from battery
   • Wheel nuts
   • Wheels
   • Rear exhaust pipe and muffler

   • Heat shield cover
   • Propeller shaft
   • Rear differential protector (if equipped)

     CAUTION
     Place a transmission jack using a band under axle.

   • Self-locking nuts connecting rear differential to rear crossmember

   • DOJ of rear drive shaft from rear differential using ST. ST 28099PA100 DRIVE SHAFT REMOVER
   • Protector nuts

   • Rear differential front member
   • Self-locking nuts connecting rear differential to crossmember
   • Rear differential stud bolt from rear crossmember bushing

   CAUTION
   Carefully adjust angle and position of transmission jack and jack stand as required during stud bolt removal. After removing rear differential stud bolt from rear crossmember, lower transmission jack stand. Do not allow rear drive shaft to strike lateral link bolt.

5. Pull out axle shaft from rear differential

   CAUTION
   If axle shaft is difficult to remove from rear differential, use ST to remove it. ST2 8099PA100DRIVE SHAFT REMOVER

6. Take down transmission jack
7. Secure rear drive shaft to lateral link use wire
8. Remove protector and rear differential member plate from rear differential

To Install:

1. Install protector and rear differential member plate to rear differential

2. Set rear differential to transmission jack

   CAUTION
   Secure rear differential to transmission jack using a band.

3. Install ST to rear differential. ST 28099PA090 OIL SEAL PROTECTOR
4. Insert the spline shaft until the spline portion is inside the side oil seal
5. Remove ST from rear differential (ST 28099PA090 OIL SEAL PROTECTOR)
6. Completely insert axle shaft into rear differential by pressing rear differential
7. Adjust transmission jack as required so rear differential stud bolt is properly inserted into rear crossmember bushing
8. After rear differential stud bolt has been inserted into rear crossmember bushing, raise transmission jack to make rear differential level
9. Temporarily tighten rear crossmember self-locking nuts
10. Remove band from rear differential
11. Raise rear differential just enough to move transmission jack away from it
12. Install the following
    • Rear differential front member
    • Torque specification: T1: 65 Nm (48 ft. lbs.) T2: 110 Nm (81 ft. lbs.)
    • Self-locking nuts
    • Torque specification: 70 Nm (51 ft. lbs.)
    • Protector nut
    • Torque specification: 65 Nm (48.0 ft. lbs.)
    • Propeller shaft

    • Heat shield cover
    • Rear exhaust pipe and muffler
13. Take down transmission jack
14. After installing rear differential carrier on vehicle, remove filler plug and replenish gear oil up to upper level mark
    • Oil capacity: 0.8 L (0.8 US qt.)
15. Tighten filler plug
    • Torque specification: 49.0 Nm (36.2 ft. lbs.)

CAUTION
Apply fluid packing to plug. Fluid packing: THREE BOND 1105 (Part No. 04403010 or equivalent.