Nissan Titan A60. Manual - part 328

PREPARATION

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Commercial Service Tool

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Tool name

Description

Puller

Removing companion flange

Power tool

Loosening bolts and nuts

NT077

PBIC0190E

DLN-252

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DIFFERENTIAL GEAR OIL

PERIODIC MAINTENANCE

DIFFERENTIAL GEAR OIL

Changing Differential Gear Oil

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DRAINING

1. Stop engine.
2. Remove the drain plug from the rear final drive assembly to

drain the differential gear oil.

3. Install the drain plug with sealant applied on the threads to the

rear final drive assembly. Tighten to the specified torque. Refer

to 

DLN-263, "Disassembly and Assembly"

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• Use High Performance Thread Sealant or equivalent. Refer to

GI-15, "Recommended Chemical Products and Sealants"

FILLING

1. Remove the filler plug from the rear final drive assembly.
2. Fill the rear final drive assembly with new differential gear oil

until the level reaches the specified level near the filler plug hole.

3. Install the filler plug with sealant applied on the threads to the

rear final drive assembly. Tighten to the specified torque. Refer

to 

DLN-263, "Disassembly and Assembly"

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• Use High Performance Thread Sealant or equivalent. Refer to 

GI-15, "Recommended Chemical Prod-

ucts and Sealants"

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Checking Differential Gear Oil

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DIFFERENTIAL GEAR OIL LEAKAGE AND LEVEL

1. Make sure that differential gear oil is not leaking from the rear final drive assembly or around it.
2. Check the differential gear oil level from the filler plug hole as

shown.

CAUTION:

Do not start engine while checking differential gear oil level.

3. Install the filler plug with sealant applied on the threads to the

rear final drive assembly. Tighten to the specified torque. Refer

to 

DLN-263, "Disassembly and Assembly"

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• Use High Performance Thread Sealant or equivalent. Refer to

GI-15, "Recommended Chemical Products and Sealants"

.

LDIA0183E

Differential gear oil 
grade and capacity

: Refer to 

MA-21, "FOR 

NORTH AMERICA : Fluids 
and Lubricants"

 (United 

States and Canada) 

MA-22, 

"FOR MEXICO : Fluids and 
Lubricants"

 (Mexico).

LDIA0127E

LDIA0127E

DIFFERENTIAL LOCK CONTROL UNIT

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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION

DIFFERENTIAL LOCK CONTROL UNIT

Removal and Installation

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REMOVAL

1. Disconnect the battery cable from the negative terminal.
2. Remove jack and tools.
3. Remove upper bracket of center seat belt retractor and belt assembly. Refer to 

SB-9, "Removal and

Installation of Rear Seat Belt"

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4. Remove the necessary push pins and reposition rear panel out of the way. Refer to 

INT-14, "Removal and

Installation"

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5. Reposition the carpet to access differential lock control unit to

disconnect connector.

6. Remove the two nuts and remove differential lock control unit.

INSTALLATION

Installation is in the reverse order of removal.

• Tighten the differential lock control unit nuts to the specified torque.

LDIA0156E

Differential lock control unit nuts

: 5.1 N·m (0.52 kg-m, 45 in-lb)

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DIFFERENTIAL LOCK POSITION SWITCH

DIFFERENTIAL LOCK POSITION SWITCH

Removal and Installation

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REMOVAL

CAUTION:

• Be careful not to damage spline, companion flange and front oil seal when removing propeller shaft.

• Before removing rear final drive assembly or rear axle assembly, disconnect ABS sensor harness

connector from the assembly and move it away from rear final drive assembly/rear axle assembly

area. Failure to do so may result in sensor wires being damaged and sensor becoming inoperative.

1. Drain rear final drive gear oil. Refer to 

DLN-252, "Changing Differential Gear Oil"

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2. Remove rear propeller shaft. Refer to 

DLN-141, "Removal and Installation"

 (2S1410), 

DLN-150, "Removal

and Installation"

 (3S1410).

3. Remove both RH and LH axle shafts. Refer to 

RAX-8, "Removal and Installation"

.

4. Remove the carrier cover. Refer to 

DLN-260, "Removal and Installation"

.

5. Remove differential lock solenoid connector (B) bolt and discon-

nect differential lock position connector (A).

: Front

6. For installation, apply a paint matching mark on one side of side

bearing cap.

CAUTION:

• Side bearing caps are line-board for initial assembly. The

matching marks are used to install them in their original

positions.

• For matching mark, use paint. Do not damage side bear-

ing cap.

7. Remove adjuster lock plates.

8. Remove side bearing caps.

WDIA0331E

SDIA2583E

SDIA2587E