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One-Piece, With 137-Inch and 141-Inch Wheel Base|Page 3294 > < Drive/Propeller Shaft|Specifications|Page 3291
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Drive/Propeller Shaft: Service and Repair
One-Piece, With 137-Inch and 141-Inch Wheel Base

Removal 

1. Raise and support the vehicle.

2. Index mark the driveshaft at the axle flange.

3. WARNING:  Replace with new bolts and retainers after the third removal. 

Disconnect the driveshaft from the axle flange.
1

Mark and remove the driveshaft to rear axle bolts.

2

Remove the U-joint retainers.

4. NOTE:  Index mark the output shaft to the slip, yoke.

For vehicles equipped with an automatic transmission, lower the driveshaft and slide the driveshaft rearward off the transmission output shaft.
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Plug the extension housing to prevent fluid. loss.

5. WARNING:  Replace with new bolts after the third removal. 

NOTE:  Index mark the driveshaft to the transmission flange.

For vehicles equipped with a manual transmission, mark and remove the driveshaft to transmission flange bolts.

6. Remove the driveshaft.

Installation 

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