Axle Shaft Assembly: Service and Repair

Removal





1. Disconnect the battery ground lead.
2. Support the vehicle at the rear & remove the appropriate rear road wheel.
3. Remove & discard the hub nut, apply the brakes to prevent rotation.
4. Remove the brake caliper, but do not disconnect the hydraulics.
5. Prepare the hub carrier.





'Match mark' the hub carrier fulcrum bolt head and the carrier.





6. Prepare the hub carrier.
Slacken the hub carrier fulcrum nut.
Disconnect the Antilock Brake System (ABS) sensor multiplug at the hub carrier.





7. Protect the driveshaft thread with special tool JD 1D/7.





8. Withdraw the hub from the axle shaft.

CAUTION: Take care not to introduce debris into the hub bearings, or damage the seal.

Using service tool 204 - 011, push the axle shaft through the hub.

9. NOTE: In the wheel-free condition, the axle is in tension & the flanges will separate as the nuts are withdrawn.





Release the axle shaft.
Remove & discard the (4) nuts axle shaft to differential output shaft.
Clear the axle shaft from the output flange studs.
Remove & keep safe the camber shim.

10. NOTE: The axle shaft nuts may damage the studs upon removal; check the thread condition by engaging a new nut 2 or 3 threads by hand.

Inspect the output flange studs & renew if there is evidence of damage/distortion.
11. Clean all traces of thread locking agent from the hub splines (& axle shaft if it is to be re-used).

Installation





1. Installation is the reverse of the removal procedure, (refer to illustration).
2. Secure the axle shaft.
Apply thread locking agent, to the SPLINE, as indicated.
Refer to the illustration - do NOT re-use the original nut.





3. Refer to the illustration.





4. Refer to the illustration.
Ensure that the match marks are aligned prior to securing the fixing.
5. Check and adjust as required, the final drive unit oil level.
6. Check and adjust as required, the rear wheel alignment.