Cub Cadet Domestic Series 7000 Service Manual page 56

Domestic Series 7000 MFD
9.42. The final assembly is easiest to perform with the
axle housing in a vertical position.
See Figure 9.42.
Figure 9.42
NOTE: Any number of means can be improvised
to suspend the axle housing by the pivot journal,
with the drop axle housing on the ground for sta-
bility.
9.43. Install the washers originally removed from
between the right differential bearing and the
right inner axle bearing. See Figure 9.43.
Shim washers
Figure 9.43
NOTE: If no major components have been
replaced, this is likely to result in the correct ring
and pinion gear back-lash setting. Otherwise,
some adjustment may be necessary.
9.44. Place the differential assembly into the right side
axle housing. See Figure 9.44.
14 tooth
miter gear
• The 14 tooth miter gear in the differential must
seat over the splined end of the axle shaft.
• The roll pin in the differential cross pin must seat
into the bore in the end of the axle shaft.
9.45. Install the left side differential bearing wrong-
way-around in the differential housing: the nar-
row margin of the outer bearing race should be
seated in the differential, with the wide margin
facing up. See Figure 9.45.
Differential set-up
plate tool
Left side
differential bearing
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Roll pin
Cross
shaft
Right
side
axle
Figure 9.44
Figure 9.45