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Disassembly & Reassembly

Mark final drive ring gear for reassembly reference. Remove final drive ring gear. Using appropriate puller, remove differential housing side bearings. Remove speedometer drive gear. Using pin punch and hammer, drive out pinion shaft roll pin. Remove and inspect pinion shaft, pinion gears and thrust washers, and side gears and thrust washers. See Figure andFig 1 . Replace worn parts as needed. Install components in reverse order of disassembly.

Fig 1: Exploded View Of Differential Assembly
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