Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Service Manual: Removal
- Drain differential oil
- Remove rear wheel
- Remove tailpipe assembly
- Remove the tailpipe (see page ex-2).
- Remove center exhaust pipe assembly
- Remove the center pipe (see page ex-2).
- Remove propeller with center bearing shaft assembly (see page pr-3)
- Remove rear suspension member brace lh
- Remove the 2 bolts and brace from the suspension member.
- Remove rear suspension member brace r
h
Hint:
Use the same procedures described for the lh side.
- Remove rear differential carrier subassembly
- Disconnect the harness clamp.
- Remove the breather tube.
- Disconnect the connector.
- Support the rear differential carrier with a transmission jack or equivalent.
- Fix the nuts in place and remove bolt a, bolt b and bolt c.
Notice:
Do not loosen the nuts. Loosen the bolts.
- Slowly lower the jack and then tilt the rear differential carrier.
- Set the tip of the tire lever to the position on the rear
drive shaft inboard joint shown in the illustration.
Then, using the ribbed part of the rear differential carrier as a fulcrum, disconnect the left and right rear drive shafts.
Notice:
Do not scratch the rear drive shaft dust cover.
- Remove rear differential no. 1 And no. 2 Support
- Remove the 4 bolts and differential no. 1 And no. 2 Supports from the differential carrier.
- Remove rear differential support
- Remove the 4 bolts and differential support from the differential carrier.
Rear differential carrier assembly
Components
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Disassembly
Fix differential carrier sub-assembly
Fix the rear differential carrier in place with the
overhaul attachment.
Remove stud bolt
Remove the 4 stud bolts from the transmission
c ...
Other materials:
Rear view monitor
system
The rear view monitor system assists the driver by displaying an
image of the view behind the vehicle and fixation guide lines
while backing up, for example while parking.
The screen illustrations used in this text are intended as examples,
and may differ from the image that is actually displaye ...
Assist grips
An assist grip installed on the ceiling
can be used to support your
body while sitting on the seat.
Caution
Assist grip
Do not use the assist grip when getting in or out of the vehicle or
rising from
your seat.
Doing so could damage the assist grip, or could cause you to injure yourse ...
Disposal
Hint:
When scrapping a vehicle equipped with an srs or disposing
of the front passenger side knee airbag, be sure to deploy the
airbag first in accordance with the procedure described
below. If any abnormality occurs with the airbag deployment,
contact the service dept. Of toyota motor sales,
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