Disassembly and assembly of the axle shaft (Mitsubishi L200 4)

Disassembly is performed in the order shown in Fig. M2 5.050. Assembly is performed in the following order: 11, 10, 9, 7, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Removal the thrust ring

To replace the axle shaft bearing, you need to remove the thrust ring that keeps the bearing from sliding along the axle shaft, i.e. from spontaneous exit of the axle shaft from the rear axle during movement. Removal by pressing is unacceptable, since the thrust ring is seated with preliminary heating during assembly, and pressing it will damage the seating surface of the axle shaft. In this case, after installing a new thrust ring, the reliability of the bearing seat on the axle shaft will not be guaranteed.



The thrust ring is removed by destroying it.

Before starting work, to protect the bearing housing, protect its end surface with rubberized tape.

Using a grinding machine, locally grind down the circumference of the thrust ring wall to a thickness of 2.0 mm.



Having fixed the shaft, it is necessary to destroy the thrust ring using a chisel.



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Attention; be careful not to damage the axle shaft surface. Even superficial damage can cause the axle shaft to break while driving.

Installing a lock washer

After installing the lock washer, measure the clearance A (see Fig. M2 5.053). The standard value of A is from 0 to 0.166 mm. To ensure the standard clearance A, you can use the following lock washers.

Thrust ring thickness	Color of the thrust ring
2.17 mm
2.01 mm	Yellow
1.85 mm	Blue
1.69 mm	Violet
1.53 mm	Red