Differential Cover: Service and Repair

Tools

Removing the lid for front wheel drive
1. Remove the final drive, refer to Differential, Service and Repair.
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.

Installing the lid for front wheel drive
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 centering pins 9321 as an assembly aid.





Tightening torque: 25 Nm (18 ft. lbs.)

A - Centering pins 9321





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-.
A - New snap ring
4. Grease the snap ring well and install the halfshaft flange with the special tools pull-in tool and extractor P 254 and pressure pieces (4 items) 9247.
5. Fill in oil, refer to Differential Fluid, Service and Repair.

Tightening torques
Location Thread Tightening torque Nm (ft. lb.)
Oil drain plug on final drive M18 x 1.5 28 Nm (21 ft. lb.)
Cover on final drive M8 25 Nm (18 ft. lb.)