Power Train Disassembly & Assembly
6. Place the drive pinion in a press, gear head (teeth)
toward the top.
7. Press the spigot bearing on the end of drive pinion
until the bearing is flat against the gear head. Use
a sleeve of the correct size against the bearing
inner race.
8. Install the snap ring into groove in end of drive
pinion with snap righ pliers.
9. Apply axle lubricant to the bearing cups and to the
bearing cones in the cage.
10. Install the drive pinion into the bearing cage.
11. Install the bearing spacer or spacers on pinion
shaft against the inner bearing cone.
NOTE : The spacer or spacers control the preload
adjustment of the drive pinion bearings.
12. Install the outer bearing cone on pinion shaft
against the spacer.
NOTE : DO NOT install pinion seal in bearing cage.
Continue with adjusting preload of pinion bearings.
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