L322 Range Rover Service Procedures
FINAL DRIVE
51-12
REPAIRS
Oil seal - differential housing
$% 51.20.36
Remove
1. Raise rear of vehicle and support under body.
WARNING: Do not work on or under a
vehicle supported only by a jack. Always
support the vehicle on safety stands.
2. Remove road wheel.
3. Remove 6 bolts securing drive shaft to
differential drive flange and collect 3 bolt plates.
Discard bolts.
4. Position jack to support the lower arm.
5. Remove nut and bolt securing lower arm to
hub.
6. Lower support jack.
7. Release drive shaft from differential.
8. Position container to collect oil spillage.
9. Using a soft metal drift, release drive flange.
10. Remove drive flange.
11. Remove circlip from shaft and discard.
12. Carefully remove and discard oil seal, take care
not to damage oil seal recess.
Refit
1. Clean oil seal recess.
2. Fit oil seal using LRT-51-021.
3. Clean drive flange and oil seal running surface.
4. Fit new circlip to shaft.
5. Lightly lubricate splines and oil seal running
LUBRICANTS AND SEALANTS,
Lubrication.
6. Fit drive flange.
CAUTION: Pull on drive flange to ensure
circlip as fully engaged and retains flange.
7. Clean lower arm and hub mating faces.
8. Locate drive shaft to differential.
9. Align hub to lower arm, fit and lightly tighten nut
and bolt.
M51 0153
M51 0154
LRT-51-021
