Disassembly
Rear Axle - 286RBI / DIFFERENTIAL w/Trac-LokDISASSEMBLY
The Trac-Lok differential on this axle has an one piece cross shaft and uses one dished disc, regular 5 disc and 7 plates.
NOTE: Pay attention to the clutch pack arrangement during disassembly. Note the direction of the concave and convex side of the plates and discs.
1. Mark the ring gear half and cover half for installation reference (Fig. 35).
2. Remove case attaching bolts and remove the button cover half (Fig. 36).
3. Remove top clutch pack.
4. Remove top side gear clutch ring.
5. Remove top side gear.
6. Remove pinion mate gears and cross shaft.
7. Remove the same parts listed above from the ring gear flange half of the case. Keep these parts with the flange cover half for installation in their original positions.