MAINTENANCE MANUAL - Meritor

Assembly and Installation
Cylindrical Holes, Nuts and Washers
1. Clean the mounting surfaces of the axle shaft
and wheel hub.
2. If silicone gasket material is used, apply a 0.125inch
(3 mm) diameter bead of the gasket material
around the mounting surface of the hub and
around the edge of each fastener hole.
3. Install the gaskets and axle shafts in the axle
housing and differential. The gasket and flange
of the axle shafts must fit flat against the wheel
hub. Figure 5.109.
4. If the wheel hubs have tapered hole studs,
install solid tapered washers in each stud and
in the flange of the axle shaft. Figure 5.109.
5. If the wheel hubs have cylindrical holes capscrew,
install the capscrews washers. Tighten
the correct torque value. See the Section
8.
6. Position the gasket between the bearing cage of
the output axle and housing axle.
7.Install the output axle and bearing cage assembly
in the axle housing. Rotate the output
axle to align the splines of the output axle
splines of the rear side gear.
8.Clean the bearing cage to housing capscrews.
Remove RTV residue from the thrudrilled
tapped holes.
9. Apply a 0.25-inch (6 mm) length bead
of Loctite 518 sealant in the thru-drilled
tapped holes located at the two, five and
eight o’clock positions. Figure 5.111.
AXLE
HOUSING TAPPED
HOLE
THRU-
DRILED
TAPPED
HOLE
CAPSCREW
OUTPUT AXLE
BEARING CAGE
10. Install the gasket and axle shaft in the housing.
The gasket and flange of the axle shaft must fit
flat against the wheel hub. Figure 5.109.
11. Install the Grade 8 nuts and washers on the
stud. Lock washers are an acceptable alternative.
Tighten the stud nuts to the torque
specified in Table M.
12. Fill the axle with the specified lubricant. See
the procedure in this section.
84 MAINTENANCE MANUAL
FORK
BLIND
TAPPED
HOLE
THRU-DRILED
TAPPED HOLE
Figure 5.111