Spindle: Service and Repair

REMOVAL
1. Raise vehicle on jackstands or centered on a frame contact type hoist.
2. Remove the rear wheel and tire assembly from the vehicle.






3. Remove the rear caliper assembly from the adapter. After removing caliper assembly store caliper by hanging it from frame of vehicle. Do not let weight of rear caliper assembly hang from flexible brake hose. If vehicle is equipped with rear drum brakes, remove the brake flex hose bracket from the support plate and wheel cylinder.
4. Remove rear braking disc from hub.






5. Remove rear hub and bearing assembly cotter pin and nut retainer. Remove the hub and bearing retaining nut and washer from the spindle. Then remove hub and bearing assembly from spindle.






6. If vehicle is equipped with antilock brakes, remove the speed sensor head from the rear disc brake adapter.






7. Remove the 4 bolts attaching the disc brake adapter to the rear spindle. Then remove the adapter, disc shield, park brake shoes and park brake cable as an assembly from the spindle.






8. Remove the bolt attaching the trailing arm to the bracket on the bottom of the spindle.






9. Remove the boltattaching the lateral links to the spindle.






10. Remove the pinch bolt from the spindle.

CAUTION: When inserting center punch into rear spindle, use care so point of center punch does not puncture strut assembly.






11. Insert a center punch into the hole on the spindle. Center punch must be tapped into the hole in the spindle until jammed into place. This will spread the spindle casting allowing it to be removed from strut assembly.






12. Using a hammer and a brass drift punch, tap on top surface of spindle, driving it off the end of the strut assembly.

INSTALLATION
1. Install the spindle on the strut assembly. Push and or tap spindle assembly onto strut, until notch in spindle is tightly seated against locating tap on strut assembly. Then remove center punch from hole in spindle. Install the pinch bolt in the spindle. Tighten the pinch bolt to a torque of 53 Nm (40 ft. lbs.).
2. Install the lateral links on the spindle. Install, but do not fully tighten attaching bolt at this time.
3. Install bolt attaching trailing arm to trailing arm bracket on bottom of spindle . Do not fully tighten attaching bolt at this time.
4. Install the disc brake adapter back on the spindle. Install the 4 bolts attaching the disc brake adapter to the rear spindle. Tighten the disc brake adapter mounting bolts to a torque of 115 Nm (85 ft. lbs.).
5. If vehicle is equipped with antilock brakes, install the speed sensor head into the rear disc brake adapter. Tighten the speed sensor head attaching bolt to a torque of 7 Nm (60 inch lbs.).
6. Install the rear hub and bearing assembly on the rear spindle. Install hub and bearing assembly retaining washer and nut on spindle. Tighten the hub and bearing retaining nut to a torque of 168 Nm (124 ft. lbs.).
7. Install the rear brake disc on the hub.
8. Carefully place rear brake caliper over rotor and install on adapter. Tighten the caliper assembly to adapter mounting bolts to a torque of 22 Nm (192 inch lbs.).
9. Install wheel and tire assembly on vehicle. Tighten the wheel mounting stud nuts in proper sequence until all nuts are torqued to half specification. Then repeat the tightening sequence to the full specified torque of 129 Nm (95 ft. lbs.).
10. Lower vehicle to the ground.
11. Tighten the lateral links to spindle attaching bolt to a torque of 135 Nm (100 ft. lbs.).
12. Tighten the trailing arm to spindle bracket attaching bolt to a torque of 100 Nm (75 ft. lbs.).
13. Check and reset rear wheel TOE to specifications if required.