Carrier Installation

1. Ensure that housing is clean and free from dirt and foreign material.
2. Inspect housing for damage and distortion, and repair or replace as needed. Remove burrs from machined surfaces using suitable stone or file.
3. Install new gasket over housing studs. If RTV sealer is used, ensure that both mating surfaces are clean and free from oil, then apply a continuous bead of sealer, 1/8 inch wide, completely around one mating surface, circling all bolt holes or studs.
4. Raise carrier assembly with suitable jack, roll assembly onto studs, then install four evenly spaced flat washers and nuts to hold assembly.
5. Install nuts and lock washers on any studs shrouded by housing webs, then evenly tighten 4 evenly spaced nuts to draw carrier into housing. Do not drive carrier into housing by tapping flange as flange will be distorted.
6. Install lock washers under all retaining nuts, then evenly tighten all nuts.
7. Install axle shafts and connect driveshaft to companion flange.
8. Fill housing with specified lubricant.