Opel Frontera UBS. Manual - part 981

4A1–7

DIFFERENTIAL (FRONT)

15. Remove mounting bolt and nut.

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16. Remove washer and spacer.
17. Remove the mounting bracket fixing bolt.

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18. Lower the vehicle and disconnect the RH front drive

shaft assembly,  then remove the front axle case
assembly and front drive shaft assembly (LH).

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19. Remove front drive shaft assembly (RH).

Installation

1. Install front drive shaft assembly (RH) and lay the

assembly on the lower arm.

2. Install front axle case assembly and front drive shaft

assembly (LH) and place the axle case on the jack,
connect to the front drive shaft assembly (RH) before
installing to the vehicle.

3. Install bolt and tighten the mounting bracket fixing bolt

to the specified torque.

Torque: 116 N·m (11.8kg·m/85 lb ft)

4. Install washer and spacer.

DIFFERENTIAL (FRONT)

4A1–8

5. Tighten the mounting bolt and nut to the specified

torque.

Torque: 152 N·m (15.5kg·m/112 lb ft)

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Legend

(1) Frame
(2) Spacer
(3) Washer
(4) Bolt
(5) Nut

6. Install VSV assembly and tighten nuts to specified

torque (Shift on the fly model).

Torque: 8 N·m (0.8kg·m/69 lb in)

7. Install the shift switch connector (Shift on the fly

model).

NOTE: Be careful not to permit the entry of dust into the
connector.

8. Install the actuator side of vacuum hose (Shift on the

fly model).

NOTE: Be careful not to permit the entry of dust into the
hose.

9. Connect breather hose and install the hose clip.

10. Install protector and tighten bolts to specified torque

(Shift on the fly model).

Torque: 26 N·m (2.7kg·m/20 lb ft)

11. Install propeller shaft, refer to  Front Propeller Shaft in

this section.

12. Install suspension crossmember.
13. Steering link and arm assembly, refer to  Steering

Linkage in Steering section.

14. Install hub assembly (Disc, back plate and knuckle),

refer to Front  Hub and Disc in this section.

4A1–9

DIFFERENTIAL (FRONT)

Differential Assembly

Disassembled View

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Legend

(1) Differential Assembly
(2) Flange Nut
(3) Flange
(4) Dust Cover
(5) Oil Seal
(6) Outer Bearing 
(7) Outer Bearing Outer Race
(8) Damper
(9) Bracket

(10) Differential Carrier

(11) Bearing Cap

(12) Bolt
(13) Inner Bearing Outer Race
(14) Collapsible Spacer
(15) Pinion Gear
(16) Inner Bearing
(17) Adjust Shim
(18) Diff Cage Assembly
(19) Side Bearing Outer Race
(20) Side Bearing
(21) Adjust Shim
(22) Bolt
(23) Axle Case

DIFFERENTIAL (FRONT)

4A1–10

Disassembly

1. Remove differential carrier fixing bolt.
2. Remove differential assembly.
3. Using holding fixture 5–8840–0275–0 and holding

fixture base 5–8840–0003–0, fix the differential
assembly to the bench.

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4. Remove bearing cap bolt.
5. Apply a setting mark to the side bearing cap and the

differential carrier then remove bearing cap.

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6. Remove differential cage assembly.

7. Remove side bearing outer race, after removal, keep

the right and left hand side bearing assemblies
separate to maintain inner and outer race
combinations.

8. Remove side bearing, using remover

5–8840–0013–0, 5–8840–0014–0 and adapter
9–8521–1743–0.

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9. Remove adjust shim, note the thickness and position

of the shims removed.

10. Remove the flange nut using holding wrench

5–8840–2157–0 after raising up its staked parts
completely.

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11. Remove flange.