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DisassemblingtheFrontAxle(continued)
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Figure221
8.Whilesupportingthedifferentialinavise,drivethepinionmateshaftfrom
thedifferentialwithalongdriftpunch(Figure221).
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Figure222
9.Toremovethesidegearsandpinionmategears,rotatethesidegears.This
willallowthepinionmategearstoturntotheopeningofthecase(Figure
222).Removethepinionmategearsandsphericalwashersbehindthegears.
Inspectalldifferentialcomponentsincludingthemachinedsurfacesofthe
case.Ifthereisageardamage,replacetheentiregearsetasdamageto
1gearwillmostlikelydamageothergearsaswell.Ifnecessary,replace
thecompletedifferentialassembly.
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