2005 Buick Rainier Axle Shaft

You should install the drain plug and the washer, gill the Differential carrier assembly with lubricant, use the proper fluid, install the fill plug and the engine protection shield and lower the vehicle.

You should raise the vehicle. Refer to Vehicle Lifting and remove the tire and wheel assembly, the rear axle housing cover and the gasket, the axle shaft and the Axle Shaft Seal, and/or the bearing from the axle housing using the J44685 and the J2619-01.

You should support the propeller shaft in a line horizontal with the table of a press, show which end connects to the transmission and which end goes to the rear axle, disassemble the snap rings, tap the end of the cup lightly, place the universal joint and J9522-3 on the open horizontal bearing cups, lift the cross and insert J9522-5 between the seal and the bearing cup you are removing, rotate the propeller shaft, mark the orientation of the slip yoke to the tube for proper reassembly, remove the cross, the remaining universal joint parts, and the bearing cups, inspect the retaining ring grooves and the bearing cup bores and clean the retaining ring grooves.