Removing and Installing Cover For Final Drive

Removing and installing cover for final drive

Tools








Removal

1. Remove final drive.
2. Drain oil.
3. Press out flanged shaft with two mounting levers.
4. Unscrew fastening screws for the lid and remove the lid by tapping it with a plastic hammer.

Installation

Install in reverse order, observing the following points:

1. Fit sealing ring without twisting and coat it with Vaseline.
2. Fit lid carefully and tighten screws uniformly in diagonally opposite sequence. Use special tool 9321 to aid assembly.





A - Centering pins 9321





A - New snap ring

3. Always replace the snap ring for the halfshaft flange. To do this, clamp the flange in the vice with protective jaws and press out the snap ring with the new snap ring "A".
4. Grease the snap ring well and drive in the halfshaft flange using the special tools P254 and 9247/1.
5. Fill in oil.

Tightening torques:

Oil drain plug on final drive (M18 x 1.5) = 28 Nm (21 ftlb.)

Lid on final drive (M8) = 25 Nm (19 ftlb.)