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Axle Gear Swap Carrier Caps

The teardown doesn't involve much brainpower, but there are a couple of vital steps. If the axle has never been apart, mark the carrier caps so they can be reinstalled in their original locations. In this case, a center punch was used to put two marks on the cap and on the corresponding part of the housing to make sure the unit was reassembled correctly.
Axle Gear Swaps

 The teardown doesn't involve much brainpower, but there are a couple of vital steps. If the axle has never been apart, mark the carrier caps so they can be reinstalled in their original locations. In this case, a center punch was used to put two marks on the cap and on the corresponding part of the housing to make sure the unit was reassembled correctly.  View Related Article

 

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