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2.1 ATF supply unit - exploded view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
2.2 Renewing oil seal for torque converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
2.3 Removing and installing ATF supply unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
2.4 Removing and installing ATF pump in ATF supply unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
2.5 Removing and installing needle bearing for torque converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
39 - Final drive - front differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
1 Servicing front final drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
1.1 Front final drive - exploded view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
1.2 Removing and installing flange shaft (right-side) with gearbox removed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
1.3 Removing and installing flange shaft (left-side) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
1.4 Renewing oil seal for flange shaft (right-side) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
1.5 Renewing oil seal between final drive and gearbox housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
1.6 Renewing O-ring on cover for front final drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
1.7 Renewing oil seals for side shaft - gearbox with separate oil systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
1.8 Renewing O-rings for protective tube for side shaft - gearbox with common oil system . . 146
1.9 Renewing oil seal for selector shaft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
2 Servicing transfer box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
2.1 Exploded view - centre differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
2.2 Removing and installing centre differential housing with gearbox removed . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
2.3 Renewing ball bearing for self-locking centre differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
2.4 Renewing oil seal for flange shaft (rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
3 Assessment of wear on gearbox components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
3.1 Assessment of wear by checking ATF for colour and contamination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
3.2 Clutch „C“ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
3.3 Clutch „D“ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
3.4 Planetary drive „II“ and „III“ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
3.5 Clutch „B“ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
3.6 Body „II“ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
3.7 Clutch „A“ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
3.8 Clutch „E“ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
3.9 ATF supply unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
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Servicing automatic gearbox 09E, four-wheel drive - Edition 12.2011
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