Luxor

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Hello, I am trying to take off the differential on my 1997 LS400 but I do not have an allen tool big enough for the two rear mounting bolts. Do any of you know the allen size for these two bolts? They are quite big in size! Thanks!

Luxor

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Bump for an answer hopefully

PureDrifter

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i think its like a 19/22/24mm allen but i can't remember at all.

Luxor

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Thanks, I will borrow those sizes and see which one works.

Luxor

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Turns out to be a 12mm allen

RA010623

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the two you need is 12mm for subframe to diff
10mm for axle to diff.

damon

How long did this take & how hard is this procedure?

Luxor

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Well, I took off the complete rear subframe before I removed the rear differential. As for taking off the rear diff while it's still installed in the car, I cannot say how difficult it exactly is. Taking off the rear subframe took me about an hour and a half and it was quite difficult because there was a lot to remove.

RA010623

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to undo the rear diff probably take 1 hour. it wasn't too difficult.
on 95 ls400 there was 3 bolt to undo differential from subframe and 5 botls to undo the two axles from the diff and another 4 bolts to undo drive shaft.