Nissan Murano Z51. Manual - part 492

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[REAR FINAL DRIVE: R145]

REAR FINAL DRIVE ASSEMBLY

9.

Remove final drive mounting nuts and final drive mounting bolts
with power tool. If necessary, remove final drive mounting
bracket and washer with power tool.

CAUTION:

Secure final drive assembly to a suitable jack while remov-
ing it.

10. Remove dynamic damper assembly.

INSTALLATION

Note the following, and install in the reverse order of removal.
• Install the breather hose (1) to breather connector until dimension

(A) shown as follows.

CAUTION:

• Never reuse hose clamp.
• Make sure there are no pinched or restricted areas on the

breather hose caused by bending or winding when installing
it.

• Install the hose clamp at the final drive side, with the tab facing to the vehicle front.
• Install the hose clamp at the suspension member side, with the tab facing down ward.

• If remove breather connector (2) and metal connector (3), install

breather hose (1), breather connector and metal connector as
shown in the figure.

- For installation, insert breather connector into the square hole of

rear suspension. Install metal connector to rear cover with aiming
painted marking to the front of vehicle.

• Install the electric controlled coupling breather hose (1) as shown

in the figure.

- Install electric controlled coupling breather hose at the coupling

side to the metal tube (3) of the coupling cover (2) all the way to
the point shown by the solid arrow (

).

- Install electric controlled coupling breather hose at the suspension

member side until dimension (L) shown as follows.

- Install the hose clip at the position 152 mm from breather hose end on the breather connector side.

CAUTION:

• Make sure there are no pinched or restricted areas on the breather hose caused by bending or

winding when installing it.

• Make sure that insert hose clip into the hole of final drive mounting bracket.

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A:

Final drive side

: 20 mm (0.79 in)

Suspension member side

: 20.7 mm (0.815 in)

: Vehicle front

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: Vehicle front

L

: 15 mm

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• If remove breather connector of the electric controlled coupling (1)

and metal tube (2), install them as shown in the figure.

- Install the breather connector at the insertion side to the suspen-

sion member, facing to the vehicle front.

- Install the metal tube to the coupling cover, facing to the vehicle

front.

CAUTION:

Never reuse breather connector and metal connector.

• When oil leaks while removing final drive assembly, check oil level

after the installation. Refer to 

DLN-93, "Inspection"

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ELECTRIC CONTROLLED COUPLING

UNIT DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY

ELECTRIC CONTROLLED COUPLING

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1.

Filler plug

2.

Gasket

3.

Drain plug

4.

Rear cover

5.

Side oil seal

6.

Side bearing adjusting shim

7.

Side bearing

8.

Drive gear

9.

Differential case

10. Pinion mate thrust washer

11.

Pinion mate gear

12. Pinion mate shaft

13. Lock pin

14. Side gear thrust washer

15. Side gear

16. Drive pinion

17. Pinion rear bearing

18. Drive pinion adjusting shim

19. Collapsible spacer

20. Gear carrier

21. Pinion front bearing

22. Drive pinion nut

23. Center oil seal

24. AWD solenoid harness

25. Electric controlled coupling

26. Coupling cover

27. Reamer bolt

28. Connector bracket

29. Front oil seal

30. Companion flange

31. Companion flange lock nut

A.

Oil seal lip

B.

Screw hole

: Apply gear oil.

: Apply anti-corrosive oil.

: Apply Genuine Silicone RTV or equivalent. Refer to 

GI-18, "Recommended Chemical Products and Sealants"

.

: Apply Genuine Medium Strength Thread Locking Sealant or equivalent. Refer to 

GI-18, "Recommended Chemical Prod-

ucts and Sealants"

.

Refer to 

GI-4, "Components"

 for symbols not described above.

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Disassembly

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1.

Remove connector bracket.

2.

Put matching mark on the thread edge of electric controlled cou-
pling. The matching mark should be in line with the matching
mark on companion flange.

CAUTION:

For matching mark, use paint. Never damage electric con-
trolled coupling.
NOTE:
When replacing electric controlled coupling, matching mark is
not necessary.

3.

Remove companion flange lock nut, using a flange wrench
(commercial service tool).

4.

Remove companion flange.

5.

Remove coupling cover.

6.

Remove front oil seal from coupling cover, using a suitable tool.

CAUTION:

Be careful not to damage coupling cover.

7.

Remove electric controlled coupling.

8.

Remove AWD solenoid harness.

9.

Remove center oil seal from gear carrier.

Assembly

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1.

Using the drift (A) [SST: ST35271000 (J-26091)], install center
oil seal (1) as shown in the figure.

CAUTION:

• Never reuse oil seal.
• When installing, never incline oil seal.
• Apply multi-purpose grease onto oil seal lips, and gear oil

onto the circumference of oil seal.

2.

Connect AWD solenoid harness to electric controlled coupling.

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PDIA0442E

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: 0.8 – 1.2 mm (0.031 – 0.047 in)

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