Installation

INSTALLATION

1. Install the four hub and bearing to axle mounting bolts into the holes in the flange of the rear axle.
2. Install the rear brake support plate on the four mounting bolts installed in the flange of the rear axle.
3. Align the rear hub and bearing with the four mounting bolts and start mounting bolts into hub and bearing. Tighten the 4 bolts in a crisscross pattern until the hub and bearing and brake support plate is fully and squarely seated onto flange of rear axle. Tighten the four mounting bolts to 129 Nm (95 ft. lbs.).

NOTE: If equipped with antilock brakes, make sure wheel speed sensor stays clean and dry as it is installed into the hub and bearing cap.

4. If the vehicle is equipped with antilock brakes, perform the following:
a. If metal sensor retaining clip is not in the neutral installed position on hub and bearing cap, install from the bottom, if necessary, and push clip upward until it snaps into position.
b. Install wheel speed sensor head into rear of hub and bearing aligning index tab with the notch in the top of the mounting hole. Push the sensor in until it snaps into place on the metal retaining clip.
c. Install secondary (yellow) retaining clip over wheel speed sensor head and engage the tabs on each side (Figure 1).
5. Install brake drum or disc brake rotor and brake caliper.
6. Install wheel and tire. Tighten the wheel nuts in the proper sequence to 135 Nm (100 ft. lbs.).
7. Adjust the rear brakes as necessary.
8. Lower vehicle.
9. Road test vehicle to ensure proper operation of brakes.





Figure 1 Sensor Connector At Hub And Bearing