Ford Sierra

1982-1993 of release

Repair and operation of the car



Ford Siyerra
+ 1.2. Identification of the car
+ 2. Maintenance
+ 3. General data
+ 4. Engines
+ 5. Coupling
+ 6. Transmissions
- 7. Driveshaft and back bridge
   7.1. Technical characteristics
   7.2. Removal and installation of the driveshaft
   7.3. Repair of the intermediate bearing
   7.4. Removal and installation of the back bridge
   7.5. Dismantling and assembly of the back bridge
   7.6. Dismantling and assembly of differential
   7.7. Adjustment of bearings of gear wheels of the main transfer
   7.8. Adjustment of gear wheels of the main transfer
   7.9. Assembly and adjustment of the main transfer
   7.10. Replacement of a sealing ring of a gear wheel of the main transfer
   + 7.11. Half shafts
+ 8. Steering
+ 9. Suspension brackets
+ 10. Brake system
+ 11. Body
+ 12. Electric equipment


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7.2. Removal and installation of the driveshaft

GENERAL INFORMATION

Driveshaft and driving half shafts

1 – shaft assembled,
2 – elastic hinge,
3 – intermediate bearing,
4 – driving half shafts,

5 – equilateral three-humeral hinge,
6 – safety covers,
7 – wheel nave nut

Forward hinge of the driveshaft

And – cars with the dm3 engine 1,3,

In – cars with dm3 engines 1,6 and 2,0

Removal
PERFORMANCE ORDER
1. To install the car over the viewing channel or on the elevator.
2. To designate mutual position of the crosswise hinge and a flange of a gear wheel of the main transfer and to disconnect the driveshaft from the back bridge. To unscrew the case of the intermediate bearing, having designated the provision of laying between the case of the bearing and a body of the car (these designations will be useful at installation of the driveshaft and its intermediate bearing).
3. To disconnect the driveshaft from the transmission, paying attention not to damage a sealing ring in a back part of a case. After extraction of a shaft the opening in a back part of a case of the transmission should be muffled a stopper or a forward tip of the faulty driveshaft not to allow an oil effluence from the transmission.

Installation

PERFORMANCE ORDER
1. From an opening of a back part of a case of the transmission to take a stopper. To check installation of a sealing ring of a back part of a case of the transmission and to insert into it the forward end of the driveshaft, paying attention not to damage an edge of a sealing ring.
2. To install the intermediate bearing of the driveshaft, having arranged under it the corresponding laying according to the designations put during dismantling (without tightening fastening bolts).
3. To connect the driveshaft to a flange of the leading gear wheel of the main transfer according to the designations of a relative positioning put earlier. To establish the new laying protecting bolts from unscrewing.
4. Rotating the driveshaft to install the intermediate bearing and to tighten fastening bolts the corresponding moment.
5. To check and in case of need to add amount of oil in the transmission.