### Rear Halfshafts

#### REMOVAL & INSTALLATION

1. Raise the rear of the vehicle and support it with jackstands.
2. Remove the wheel and tire assembly.
3. Pull out the wheel bearing cotter pin and then remove the adjusting cap and insulator.
4. Set the parking brake and then remove the wheel bearing lock nut.
5. Disconnect and plug the hydraulic brake lines. Disconnect the parking brake cable.
6. Using a block of wood and a small mallet, carefully tap the halfshaft out of the knuckle/backing plate assembly.
7. Unbolt the radius rod and the transverse link at the wheel end.

   NOTE: Before removing the transverse link mounting bolt, matchmark the toe-in adjusting plate to the link.

8. Using a suitable pry bar, carefully remove the halfshaft from the final drive.

   To install:

9. Position the halfshaft into the knuckle and then insert it into the final drive; make sure the serrations are properly aligned.
10. Push the shaft into the final drive and then press-fit the circlip on the halfshaft into the groove on the side gear.
11. After insertion, pull the halfshaft by hand to be certain that it is properly seated in the side gear and will not come out.
12. Connect the radius rod and the transverse link at the wheel end.
13. Install the knuckle/backing plate assembly.
14. Connect the hydraulic brake lines and the parking brake cable.
15. Install wheel bearing lock nut (torque 174–231 ft. lbs. refer to the illustrations), insulator, adjusting cap and cotter pin.
16. Install the wheel and tire assembly.
17. Bleed the brake system.
18. Road test for proper operation.