DisassemblingtheFrontAxle
1.Removetherightandleft-handaxleassemblies;refertoDisassemblingthe
FrontAxleShaftsandBearings(page8–9).
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Figure215
2.Removethe8housingbolts,8hexnuts,and8lockwashersthatsecurethe
axlehousings.Separatethefrontandrearaxlehousings(Figure215).Clean
allgasketmaterialfromthehousingmatingsurfaces.
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Figure216
3.Removethe4bearingbolts,andremovethecaps.Placethecapsinasafe
placetoavoiddamagingtheirmachinedsurfaces(Figure216).
IMPORTANT
Thebearingcapsaremarkedforidentication.Thelettersor
numbersareinhorizontalandverticalpositions.Recordthemfor
referenceduringassembly.Alwaysinstalltheminthesameposition.
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