Removal and Installation

REAR WHEEL HUB AND HOUSING


Removal and Installation


REMOVAL

Wheel Hub and Bearing Assembly
1. Remove tire from vehicle with power tool.
2. Remove caliper assembly. Hang caliper assembly in a place where it will not interfere with work. (front caliper 1 piston type), (front caliper 2 piston type), (2 piston type).

CAUTION:
Never depress brake pedal while brake caliper is removed.
3. Remove disc rotor. Removal and Installation, "BRAKE CALIPER ASSEMBLY (FRONT CALIPER 1 PISTON TYPE)
Removal and Installation, "BRAKE CALIPER ASSEMBLY (FRONT
Removal and Installation (2 piston type).
4. Remove cotter pin and adjusting cap, then loosen wheel hub lock nut with a power tool.





5. Put matching mark (A) on drive shaft and wheel hub and bearing assembly.
6. Patch wheel hub lock nut with a piece of wood. Hammer the wood to disengage wheel hub and bearing assembly from drive shaft. Take out the wheel hub lock nut and spring washer.

CAUTION:
- Never place drive shaft joint at an extreme angle. Also be careful not to overextend slide joint.
- Never allow drive shaft to hang down without support for counterpart such as joint sub-assembly, and other parts.

NOTE:
Use a suitable puller, if the wheel hub and bearing assembly and drive shaft cannot be separated even after performing the above procedure.
7. Remove cotter pin, then loosen suspension arm mounting nut of axle housing.
8. Remove the wheel hub and bearing assembly.

Axle Housing
1. Remove wheel hub and bearing assembly.
2. Remove parking brake shoe and parking brake cable from back plate. Exploded View.
3. Remove mounting nuts in stabilizer side of stabilizer connecting rod with power tool. Exploded View.
4. Remove axle side nuts and bolts on radius rod. Exploded View.
5. Remove coil spring. Exploded View.
6. Set suitable jack under axle housing.
7. Remove shock absorber mounting bolts and nuts (axle housing side) with power tool. Exploded View.
8. Remove front lower link nuts and bolts (axle housing side), separate front lower link from axle housing. Exploded View.
9. Separate suspension arm from axle housing so as not to damage ball joint boot using ball joint remover, and then remove axle housing from the vehicle.

CAUTION:
- Temporarily tighten nuts to prevent damage to threads and to prevent the ball joint remover from coming off.
- Never place drive shaft joint at an extreme angle. Also be careful not to overextend slide joint.
- Never allow drive shaft to hang down without support for counterpart such as joint sub-assembly, and other parts.
10. Remove anchor block mounting nuts, and then remove anchor block and back plate from axle housing.

INSTALLATION
Note the following, and install in the reverse order of removal.
- Clean the matching surface of wheel hub lock nut and wheel hub and bearing assembly.

CAUTION:
Never apply lubricating oil to these matching surface.





- Clean the matching surface of drive shaft and wheel hub and bearing assembly. And then apply paste [service parts (440037S000)]
to surface (A) of joint sub-assembly of drive shaft.

CAUTION:
Apply paste to cover entire flat surface of joint sub-assembly of drive shaft.

Amount paste 1.0 - 3.0 g (0.04 - 0.10 oz)

- When installing drive shaft, change the drive shaft and wheel hub and bearing assembly matching marks put at the removal step by
180 degree.
- Use the following torque range for tightening the wheel hub lock nut.

Torque : 100 - 105 Nm (10 - 11 kg-m, 74 - 77 ft-lb)

CAUTION:
- Since the drive shaft is assembled by press-fitting, use the tightening torque range for the wheel hub lock nut.
- Be sure to use torque wrench to tighten the wheel hub lock nut. Never use a power tool.

NOTE:
Wheel hub lock nut tightening torque does not over torque for avoiding axle noise, and does not less than torque for avoiding looseness.
- Perform the final tightening of each of parts under unladen conditions, which were removed when removing wheel hub and bearing assembly and axle housing.
- When installing the spring washer, face the identification paint mark to the wheel hub and bearing assembly side.
- When installing the adjusting cap, check that there must be no play.
- Never reuse cotter pin, wheel hub lock nut, spring washer, and bushing.