Differential Assembly: Disassembly
- Remove differential side bearings. Pull speedometer drive gear and shim from differential case. See Fig 1
. Remove side gears and thrust washers from differential case by rotating gears toward case windows.
- Using a punch, drive out differential pinion gear shaft retaining pin. Remove pinion shaft, gears and thrust washers from case.
- If necessary, remove ring gear from differential case by drilling preformed side of rivets with 5/16" drill bit. Remove heads of rivets with a chisel. Using a punch, drive remaining rivet shank from case and remove ring gear.
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