Jeep Cherokee

 Service Manual

Differential and driveline » Tube, 181, and 186 FBI axle » Disassembly and assembly
Standard differential

DISASSEMBLY

(1) Remove the ring gear.

(2) Using a suitable roll pin punch, drive out the roll pin holding pinion gear mate shaft in the differential case (Fig. 67).

(3) Remove the pinion gear mate shaft from the differential case and the pinion mate gears.

(4) Rotate differential side gears and remove the pinion mate gears and thrust washers (Fig. 68).

(5) Remove the differential side gears and thrust washers.

ASSEMBLY

(1) Install the differential side gears and thrust washers.

Fig. 67 Mate Shaft Roll Pin Removal

1 - DRIFT
2 - LOCKPIN
3 - MATE SHAFT

Fig. 68 Pinion Mate Gear Removal

1 - THRUST WASHER
2 - SIDE GEAR
3 - PINION MATE GEAR

(2) Install the pinion mate gears and thrust washers.

(3) Install the pinion gear mate shaft. Align the roll pin holes in shaft and the differential case.

(4) Install the roll pin to hold the pinion mate shaft in the differential case (Fig. 69).

Fig. 69 Mate Shaft Roll Pin Installation

1 - PUNCH
2 - PINION MATE SHAFT
3 - MATE SHAFT LOCKPIN

(5) Install the ring gear.

(6) Lubricate all differential components with hypoid gear lubricant.

Standard differential

Final assembly