MAINTENANCE MANUAL - Meritor

Hazard Alert Messages
Read and observe all Warning and Caution
hazard alert messages in this publication. They
provide information that can help prevent serious
personal injury, damage to components, or
both.
WARNING
To prevent serious eye injury, always wear
safe eye protection when you perform vehicle
maintenance or service.
Use a brass or synthetic mallet for assembly
and disassembly procedures. Do not hit steel
parts with a steel hammer. Pieces of a part can
break off. Serious personal injury and damage
to components can result.
Observe all warnings and cautions provided
by the press manufacturer to avoid damage to
components and serious personal injury.
Axle Shafts from the Axle Housing
WARNING
Park the vehicle on a level surface. Block the
wheels to prevent the vehicle from moving.
Support the vehicle with safety stands. Do not
work under a vehicle supported only by jacks.
Jacks can slip or fall over. Serious personal
injury and damage to components can result.
1. Park the vehicle on a level surface. Block the
wheels to prevent the vehicle from moving.
Set the parking brake.
2.Use a jack to raise the vehicle so that the wheels
to be serviced are off the ground. Support the
vehicle with safety stands.
3. Remove the oil drain plug from the bottom
of the axle housing. Drain the axle lubricant
from the housing assembly.
MAINTENANCE MANUAL
Removal and Disassembly
OIL FILTER ADAPTER
OIL FILTER
Figure 3.1
4.For axles with an oil pump, remove the oil filter
shield from the input bearing cage.
5.Use a filter strap wrench to remove the oil
filter. Be careful that the oil inside does not
spill when removing the filter. Discard the filter.
Figur 3.1.
6.Inspect the oil filter adapter threads. If the
adapter threads are damaged: Remove and
replace the oil filter adapter
7. On an axle with a driver-controlled main differential
lock, shift the lock into and hold the
lock in the locked or engaged position. The
locked position provides enough clearance
between the shift collar and the axle housing
for differential removal. Refer to Section 6.
An alternate method to obtain clearance is to remove
the cover of the air shift unit from the differential.
Remove the piston. Remove the shift
shaft and spring from the fork. The fork and the
clutch collar will fall into the differential can be
removed. Remove the fork and the clutch collar
after the differential is removed.
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