Removal

1. Lift vehicle and install safety stands.

2. Remove wheel and brake drum.

3. Drain lubricant from the axle. Remove cover plate to drain lubricant. Clean the gasket material from the cover and axle housing.




4. Remove the differential pinion mate shaft lockscrew as shown in the illustration. Discard lockscrew and replace with new one upon assembly.

NOTE: It is possible for Dana semifloat axles to be equipped with lockscrew coated with either a Loctite treated thread (or equivalent) or torque prevailing threads. The two types of lockscrew may be identified as follows.

^ The Loctite (or equivalent) treated lockscrew have a 5/32 inch hexagram socket head.

^ The torque prevailing lockscrew has a 12-point drive head.

If the axle is equipped with a Loctite (or equivalent) treated lockscrew, it must not be re-used under any circumstances.

If the axle is equipped with the torque prevailing lockscrew, it may be re-used up to tour times (four removals and installations). When in doubt about the number of times the torque prevailing lockscrew was removed, replace the lockscrew.

5. Lift out the differential pinion mate shaft as shown. Shaft is a slip-fit design and may be removed by hand.







6. Push the flanged end of axle shaft toward the center of the vehicle and remove the C-clip from button end of shaft as shown in the illustration.




7. Pull the axle shaft from the axle tube being careful not to damage oil seals.

NOTE: When removing axle shafts, do not rotate differential side gears. Rotating side gears causes the pinion mate gears and thrust washers to turn to the differential case opening and fall out.

NOTE: In semi-floating axles, after the axle shafts have been removed, assemble the pinion mate shaft and lockscrew back in the differential case. Use old lockscrew and assemble finger-tight to prevent the side gear and mate gears from rotating and dropping out of the differential case.