Rear

51.20.36 Oil seal - differential housing
Remove
1. Raise rear of vehicle and support under body.

WARNING: Do not work on or under a vehicle supported only by a jack. Always support the vehicle on safety stands.





2. Remove road wheel.
3. Remove 6 bolts securing drive shaft to differential drive flange and collect 3 bolt plates. Discard bolts.





4. Position jack to support the lower arm.
5. Remove nut and bolt securing lower arm to hub.
6. Lower support jack.
7. Release drive shaft from differential.





8. Position container to collect oil spillage.
9. Using a soft metal drift, release drive flange.
10. Remove drive flange.
11. Remove circlip from shaft and discard.
12. Carefully remove and discard oil seal, take care not to damage oil seal recess.

Refit





1. Clean oil seal recess.
2. Fit oil seal using LRT-51-021.
3. Clean drive flange and oil seal running surface.
4. Fit new circlip to shaft.
5. Lightly lubricate splines and oil seal running surface.
6. Fit drive flange.

CAUTION: Pull on drive flange to ensure circlip as fully engaged and retains flange.

7. Clean lower arm and hub mating faces.
8. Locate drive shaft to differential.
9. Align hub to lower arm, fit and lightly tighten nut and bolt.
10. Clean bolt plates, position plates, fit new bolts securing drive shaft to differential drive flange and tighten to 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.). plus a further 60°.
11. Fit road wheel and tighten nuts to 140 Nm (103 ft. lbs.).
12. Remove stands and lower vehicle.
13. Tighten bolt securing lower arm to hub to 250 Nm (184 ft. lbs.).
14. Top-up differential with oil.