Toyota RAV4 manuals

Toyota RAV4 (XA40) 2013-2018 Service Manual: Removal

  1. Drain differential oil

  2. Remove rear wheel

  3. Remove tailpipe assembly

  1. Remove the tailpipe (see page ex-2).
  1. Remove center exhaust pipe assembly

  1. Remove the center pipe (see page ex-2).
  1. Remove propeller with center bearing shaft assembly (see page pr-3)

  2. Remove rear suspension member brace lh

  1. Remove the 2 bolts and brace from the suspension member.

Toyota RAV4. Remove rear suspension member brace lh


  1. Remove rear suspension member brace r

    h

Hint:

Use the same procedures described for the lh side.

  1. Remove rear differential carrier subassembly

Toyota RAV4. Remove rear differential carrier subassembly


  1. Disconnect the harness clamp.
  2. Remove the breather tube.
  3. Disconnect the connector.

Toyota RAV4. Remove rear differential carrier subassembly


  1. Support the rear differential carrier with a transmission jack or equivalent.
  2. Fix the nuts in place and remove bolt a, bolt b and bolt c.

Notice:

Do not loosen the nuts. Loosen the bolts.

Toyota RAV4. Remove rear differential carrier subassembly


  1. Slowly lower the jack and then tilt the rear differential carrier.

Toyota RAV4. Remove rear differential carrier subassembly


  1. 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.

  1. Remove rear differential no. 1 And no. 2 Support

Toyota RAV4. Remove rear differential no. 1 And no. 2 Support


  1. Remove the 4 bolts and differential no. 1 And no. 2 Supports from the differential carrier.
  1. Remove rear differential support

Toyota RAV4. Remove rear differential support


  1. Remove the 4 bolts and differential support from the differential carrier.
Rear differential carrier assembly
Components ...

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:

Removal
Notice: Do not heat the vehicle body, emblem and name plate excessively. Hint: When removing the emblem and name plate, heat the vehicle body, emblem and name plate using a heat light. Standard heating temperature Remove no. 1 Back door emblem assembly Put protective tape aroun ...

Precaution
Caution: Replace the faulty parts of the seat belt systems (outer belt, inner belt, bolts, nuts, adjustable shoulder anchor, tether anchor hardware and other related parts). When inspecting a vehicle that was in a collision, be sure to check all of the seat belt systems regardless of whethe ...

Inside rear view mirror
The rear view mirror's position can be adjusted to enable sufficient confirmation of the rear view. Adjusting the height of rear view mirror The height of the rear view mirror can be adjusted to suit your driving posture. Adjust the height of the rear view mirror by moving it up and down. WARNING ...

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