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12. On the conventional differential assembly, remove the gear assembly.

1

Remove the thrust washer and differential side gear.

2

Remove the differential cross shaft with the pinion mates and the thrust washers.

3

Remove the differential side gear and thrust washer.

13. CAUTION:  Do not use a chisel to remove the rivet heads. This will damage the differential case.

CAUTION:  Use a soft hammer to strike the punch.

If discarding the pinion/differential ring gear, carefully center punch each differential ring gear rivet.

14. Drill the rivet heads to the depth shown using the specified size drill bit.

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