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. If vehicle is equipped with rear disc brakes, remove the rear caliper assembly from the adapter. Refer to Brakes and Traction Control. 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. If vehicle is equipped with rear disc brakes, remove rear braking disc from hub. If vehicle is equipped with rear drum brakes, remove the brake drum from the 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. On vehicles equipped with rear drum brakes, remove the 4 bolts attaching the rear brake support plate to the spindle. Then remove the rear brake support plate, with parking the brake cable attached, from the spindle.





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





8. On vehicles equipped with rear disc brakes, 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.





9. If vehicle is equipped with antilock brakes, remove the speed sensor cable from the trailing arm and the routing bracket from the trailing arm bracket on the spindle. If the trailing arm is lowered from the strut with the speed sensor cable attached, damage to speed sensor cable may occur.





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





11. Remove the bolt attaching the lateral links to the spindle.





12. 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.





13. 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.





14. Tap on top surface of spindle, driving it off the end of the strut assembly.