Rear Differential Front Mounting Removal and Installation

Removal

1)Remove rear differential assembly.

2)Remove rear differential mounting arm bolts (1), and then remove rear differential mounting arm (2) from rear differential front mounting (3).

3)Remove mass damper (4) from rear differential mounting arm, if necessary.

4)Remove rear differential front mounting bolts (1) and nut (2), and then remove rear differential front mounting (3).

Installation

1)Install rear differential front mounting (1) to vehicle, and then tighten its bolts (2) and nut (3) to specified torque.

Tightening torque

Rear differential front mounting bolt (a): 50 N·m (5.1 kgf-m, 37.0 lbf-ft)
Rear differential front mounting nut (b): 50 N·m (5.1 kgf-m, 37.0 lbf-ft)

2)Install rear differential mounting arm (1) to rear differential front mountings (2) and tighten its bolts (3) to specified torque.

Tightening torque

Rear differential mounting arm bolt (c): 80 N·m (8.2 kgf-m, 59.0 lbf-ft)

3)If removed, install mass damper (4) to rear differential mounting arm and tighten its nut (5) to specified torque.

Tightening torque

Mass damper nut (d): 23 N·m (2.3 kgf-m, 17.0 lbf-ft)

4)Install rear differential assembly.