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Disassembly And Assembly Of Subassemblies: Differential: Assembly

    NOTE: Do not oil taper roller bearings which are to be used again. New taper roller bearings can be installed without any treatment.
  1. Carefully clean and check all parts and lubricate them with Mercon® Multi-Purpose Automatic Transmission Fluid XT-2-QDX meeting Mercon® specification plus 2% Friction Modifier C8AZ -19B546-A meeting Ford specification EST-M2C118-A.
  2. Install the gear.
    • Tighten the bolts, working diagonally.
      Fig 1: Installing Gear
      G03419719Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.
  3. NOTE: The speedometer - drive gear (2.5L engine) - speedometer trigger wheel (2.0L engine) must engage in the housing recess.
  4. Install the speedometer drive gear/speedometer trigger wheel and the taper roller bearing.
    1. Install the speedometer drive gear/speedometer trigger wheel.
    2. Using the special tools, install the taper roller bearing.
      Fig 2: Installing Speedometer Drive Gear/Speedometer Trigger Wheel
      G03419720Courtesy of FORD MOTOR CO.