Drive Axle, Removing and Installing

Drive Axle, Removing and Installing

Removing
^ Remove hubcap. For light alloy wheels pull off center cap (use pulling hook in vehicle tool kit).
^ Remove center hex bolt for drive axle.

WARNING! To reduce the risk of accident, vehicle must be standing on its wheels when loosening and tightening center hex bolt for drive axle.

^ Remove wheel.





^ Remove drive axle from transmission drive flange.
1 - Socket-head bolt
^ Remove wiring for ABS wheel speed sensor from bracket at brake caliper (arrow).
^ Pull ABS wheel speed sensor slightly out of wheel bearing housing.





^ Loosen nut -1 -, remove hex bolt and pull both control arms -2- upward.

CAUTION! Do not use a chisel or similar tool to widen the slots in the wheel bearing housing.

Note: Do not loosen bolts -3- and -4-, otherwise the alignment must be checked.

^ Swing wheel bearing housing to side in direction of arrow.
^ Remove drive axle.

Installing
^ Insert drive axle in wheel bearing housing and bolt to transmission drive flange.
^ Insert both upper control arms and tighten nuts to 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.).
Press control arms as far as possible toward wheel bearing housing when tightening.
^ Bolt drive axle to transmission drive flange.

Tightening torques:
^ M8 = 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.)
^ M10 = 70 Nm (52 ft. lbs.)

^ Press ABS wheel speed sensor into wheel bearing housing to stop and insert wire in bracket at brake caliper.
^ Mount wheel.
^ Tighten center hex bolt for drive axle.

WARNING! To reduce the risk of accident, vehicle must be standing on its wheels when loosening and tightening center hex bolt for drive axle.

Tightening torques:
^ M14 center hex bolt: 115 Nm (85 ft. lbs.) plus additional 180° turn
^ M16 center hex bolt: 190 Nm (140 ft. lbs.) plus additional 180° turn