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Rover Rover 600 Repair Manual - Volumes 1 and 2 - 2nd Edition10 · Differential – manual gearbox
10 · Transmission

Differential Disassembly (page 2 of 2)

Make
Rover
Model
600 Rover 600 Repair Manual - Volumes 1 and 2 - 2nd Edition
Section
Repairs
Differential – manual gearboxDifferential Disassembly · page 2 of 2
Diagram showing hands aligning pin holes and inserting a pinion shaft into a differential carrier

A Align pin holes

B Pinion Shaft

  1. Rotate gears as shown until shaft holes in pinion gears line up with shaft holes in carrier.
  2. Insert pinion shaft and align pin hole in one end with matching hole in carrier.
Diagram showing a special tool (18G 1705) being used to drive a 5 x 37 mm pin into the differential carrier

A Pin

  1. Check the backlash of both pinion gears again.
  2. Drive the 5 x 37 mm pin using the special tool.
Diagram showing the differential carrier with a pin inserted, indicating 1.5 mm clearance on each side and 1.0 mm depth

A Differential Carrier

B Pin

  1. Stake the differential carrier at two points.
Diagram showing the final driven gear being aligned with chamfers on its inside diameter facing the carrier, with bolts indicated for 103 N m torque

A Chamfer on inside diameter of final driven gear faces carrier.

B Bolt

  1. Install the final driven gear. Torque the bolts in a crisscross pattern in several steps.

Note: Final driven gear bolts have left-hand threads.

Parts & tools for this job For Rover 600

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