Removal and installation of the rear gearbox Renault Duster

We remove the rear final drive for repair or replacement.

We install the car on an inspection pit or a lift.

We prepare the spanners: 16, 17, sockets 13, 16, 18, a wheel bolt spanner, a mounting spatula, a hammer.

We drain the oil from the rear final drive.

Rear final drive breather as a hose fitted on a pipe
The breather is a hose fitted on a pipe pressed into the casing

We remove the hose from the breather of the pipe of the electromagnetic coupling.

Removing the breather hose from the pipe of the electromagnetic coupling
Removing the breather hose from the pipe of the electromagnetic coupling

We close the opening of the pipe by wrapping it with a piece of insulating tape.

Closing the pipe opening with insulating tape
Closing the pipe opening with insulating tape

We take the wiring harness out of the plastic holder installed on the bracket of the front mounts of the final drive.

Taking the wiring harness out of the plastic holder on the bracket
Taking the wiring harness out of the plastic holder on the bracket

We remove the breather hose from the pipe of the rear final drive.

We place an adjustable stop under the rear final drive.

We separate the connectors of the wiring harness of the electromagnetic coupling.

We disconnect the flange of the yoke of the joint of the rear propeller shaft from the flange of the electromagnetic coupling.

We remove the rear wheel drives (article — Removing and repairing the rear wheel drives).

Unscrewing the nut securing the front mount to the rear subframe
Unscrewing the nut securing the front mount to the rear subframe

With an 18 mm socket we unscrew the nut securing the front mount to the rear subframe, holding the bolt against turning with a 17 mm socket.

Taking out the bolt with the enlarged washer from the front mount
Taking out the bolt with the enlarged washer from the front mount

We take out of the mount the bolt with the enlarged washer.

We also take out the bolt from the other front mount.

Unscrewing the nut of the stud securing the final drive to the rear mount
Unscrewing the nut of the stud securing the final drive to the rear mount

With an 18 mm socket we unscrew the nut of the stud securing the final drive to the rear mount.

Shifting the final drive forward, bringing the stud out of the opening in the rear mount
Shifting the final drive forward, bringing the stud out of the opening in the rear mount

We shift the final drive forward, bringing the stud out of the opening in the rear mount, and lower the final drive onto the adjustable stop.

Unscrewing two nuts securing the bracket of the front mounts
Unscrewing two nuts securing the bracket of the front mounts

With a 16 mm ring spanner we unscrew two nuts securing the bracket of the front mounts, holding the bolts with an 18 mm spanner.

Removing the bracket with the mounts
Removing the bracket with the mounts

We remove the bracket with the mounts.

We install the rear final drive in the reverse order.

Tightening torques of the final drive fasteners:

  • nut of the stud securing the final drive to the rear mount — 65 N·m;
  • nut of the bolt securing the bracket of the front mounts of the rear final drive to the final drive casing — 65 N·m;
  • nut of the bolt securing the front mount of the rear final drive to the rear suspension subframe — 65 N·m.

We pour oil into the final drive.

Replacing the rear wheel drive oil seal

We drain the oil from the final drive.

We remove the wheel drive (article — Removing and repairing the rear wheel drives).

Prising up the drive oil seal with a screwdriver
Prising up the drive oil seal with a screwdriver

We prise up the drive oil seal with a screwdriver and take it out of the seat in the final drive casing.

We apply a thin layer of transmission oil to the working edge of the new oil seal and, with a mandrel, press the oil seal into the seat of the rear final drive casing.

We install all the parts in the reverse order and pour oil into the final drive.