Chevrolet Equinox Service Manual: Front Differential Carrier Cleaning and Inspection Automatic Transmission Unit

Caution:After cleaning the transmission components, allow to air dry.Do not use cloth or paper towels in order to dry any transmissioncomponents. Lint from the towels can cause componentfailure.

Caution:Do not reuse cleaning solvents. Previously used solvents maydeposit sediment which may damage the component.

Caution:Keep the thrust washers with gear it was matched to. Thethrust washers are selective sizes and it is difficult to identifythe proper washer thickness. Improper assembly can cause prematurefailure of the differential assembly.

Preliminary Procedure

Clean and inspect the differential assembly, pinion gears and thrust washers for scoring,wear or damage. The differential assembly is only serviced as an assembly.

1

Front Differential Pinion Gear Shaft Retainer

Note:Discard and use a new retainer.

Special Tools

3/16-in-(5-mm) 7-in Punch or equivalent

For equivalent regional tools, refer toSpecial Tools.

2

Front Differential Pinion Gear Shaft

3

Front Differential Pinion Gears

4

Front Differential Carrier Thrust Washers

5

Front Differential Pinion Side Gears

6

Front Differential Side Gear Thrust Washer