Oil Seal-Differential Housing
Remove1. Raise rear of vehicle.
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 bolt securing handbrake cable to subframe.
4. Remove nut and bolt securing trailing link to rear hub, collect spacer from under bolt head.
5. Remove nut and bolt securing fixed transverse link to subframe. Collect dynamic damper.
6. Remove nut and bolt securing adjustable transverse link to subframe.
7. Position drain tin to catch oil spillage.
8. With assistance pull hub assembly outwards.
9. Taking care not damage oil seal 'flinger', release drive shaft from differential using LRT51-014 and position shaft aside.
10. Remove and discard circlip from drive shaft.
11. Remove differential oil seal.
Refit
1. Clean drive shaft oil seal recess in axle casing.
2. Fit new oil seal using LRT-51-012.
3. Clean end of drive shaft and location in differential.
4. Check condition of oil seal 'Flinger', renew if damaged.
5. Fit new circlip to drive shaft.
6. With assistance fit drive shaft to differential, push drive shaft fully home to engage circlip.
7. Fit nut and bolt to fixed transverse link and tighten to 120 Nm (89 ft. lbs.).
CAUTION: Nuts and bolts must be tightened with weight of vehicle on suspension.
8. Fit nut, bolt and dynamic damper to adjustable transverse link and tighten to 120 Nm (89 ft. lbs.).
9. Fit spacer, nut and bolt to trailing link and tighten to 120 Nm (89 ft. lbs.).
10. Fit bolt securing handbrake cable clip and tighten to 22 Nm (16 ft. lbs.).
11. Fit road wheel(s) and tighten nuts to 115 Nm (85 ft. lbs.).
12. Check differential oil level.
13. Remove stands and lower vehicle.