Differential Assembly: Application and ID

Rear Drive Axle Identification Tag








The plant code denotes a particular rear drive axle design and specific ratio. In addition, the plant code will not change as long as that particular rear drive axle never undergoes an external design change. If, however, an internal design change takes place during the production life of the rear drive axle and that internal change affects parts interchangeability, a dash and numerical suffix is added to the plant code. This means that as an assembly both rear drive axles are interchangeable; however, internally they are different. Therefore, each requires different internal parts at the time of repair.