9000 CSE V6-2962cc 3.0L DOHC (B308) (1996)
Differential: Service and Repair
Overhaul
NOTE: Component identifier numbers used in the following illustrations relate to specific steps in the procedures below.
NOTE: There are two designs of wear washers.
Disassembly
1. Design with wear washer:
a. Press the two bevel gears and wear washers out of the differential housing by turning them.
b. Press together the differential pinions towards the center and check the differential shaft for score marks.
2. Design with needle bearing:
a. Tap out the locking pin.
b. Tap out the differential shaft.
c. Press out the bevel gears and needle bearings from the differential housing by turning them.
d. Check needle bearings and differential shaft for score marks.
3. Place the differential in a vice and undo the 10 screws.
The cylindrical gear wheel can now be removed from the differential.
Wrench size = 15 mm.
4. For dismantling bearings.