Front Oil Seal

1. FRONT OIL SEAL
1) Disconnect ground cable from battery.
2) Move selector lever or gear shift lever to "N".
3) Release the parking brake.





4) Remove oil drain plug, and drain gear oil.





5) Jack-up rear wheels and support the vehicle body with sturdy racks.
6) Remove propeller shaft from body.

CAUTION: Wrap metal parts with a cloth or rubber material to prevent damage from adjacent metal parts.





7) Remove self-locking nut while holding companion flange with ST. ST 498427200 FLANGE WRENCH





8) Extract companion flange with a puller.





9) Remove oil seal using ST. ST 499705401 PULLER ASSY





10) Fit a new oil seal using ST. ST 498447120 OIL SEAL INSTALLER





11) Install companion flange.
12) Tighten self-locking nut within the specified torque range so that the turning resistance of companion flange becomes the same as that before replacing oil seal. ST 498427200 FLANGE WRENCH

CAUTION: Use a new self-locking nut.

Tightening torque:
181.4 ± 14.7 N.m (18.50 ± 1.50 kg-m, 133.8 ± 10.8 ft-lb)

13) Reassembling procedure hereafter is the reverse of the disassembling.