Removal

1. Raise the front of the vehicle and install safety stands.

2. Remove the lug nuts and remove the front wheel and tire assembly.

3. Remove the caliper as described in Section 12-24, Disc Brakes - Light and Heavy Duty - Sliding Caliper of the 1986 Light Truck Shop Manual. Securely wire the caliper to the frame.

CAUTION:
After removal, the caliper must be wired to the frame or otherwise supported to prevent suspending the caliper by the flexible hose. If securing the caliper is not practical, disconnect and plug the hose to the caliper. Upon caliper installation, bleed the brake system as described in Section 12- 01, General Hydraulic Brake Service in the 1985 Light Truck Shop Manual.

Figure 12 - DANA MODEL 44IFS FRONT DRIVING AXLE:

4. Remove the six Allen-head capscrews retaining the manual locking hub cap to the hub body and remove the cap.

5. Remove the snap ring that retains the axle shaft in the hub body assembly.

6. Remove the lock ring seated in the groove of the wheel hub.

7. Remove the body assembly from the hub. If the body is difficult to remove, install two capscrews and pull the body assembly out of the hub.

8. Remove the outer locknut from the spindle with a Spanner Locknut Wrench, T83T-1197-B.

9. Remove the lockwasher from the spindle.

10. Remove the inner locknut from the spindle using a Spanner Locknut Wrench, T83T-1197-B.

11. Remove the hub and rotor assembly and outer bearing from the spindle.

12. Remove the nuts retaining the spindle to the knuckle. Lightly tap the spindle with a rawhide hammer to remove it from the knuckle, 13. Remove the splash shield from the steering knuckle.

FIGURE 13:

14. Remove slip yoke boot clamps on the R.H. axle shaft assembly. Pull the axle shaft out of the steering knuckle. Refer to Figure 13.

FIGURE 14:

15. Remove the inner oil seal assembly from the axle shaft. Refer to Figure 14.

Figure 15 - REMOVAL - SPINDLE BEARING AND SEAL:

Figure 20 - SPINDLE CHECKING AREAS FOR RUST/SCORING/PITTING:

16. Remove the seal and needle bearing from the spindle as shown in Figure 15. Inspect the sealing surfaces of the spindle for severely corroded, pitted, worn or galled sealing surfaces. Replace spindle if damaged. Refer to Figure 20.

17. Inspect the outer shaft (3B387) of the axle shaft assembly for corroded, pitted, worn or galled surfaces in the inner oil seal and/or needle bearing areas. If damage to this area is evident, replace the outer shaft (3B387). Repair axle shaft as follows:
Refer to Section 15-60 of the 1985 Light Truck Shop Manual.

a. Remove the snap rings that retain the bearings in the yokes of the axle shaft.

b. Position U-Joint Tool, T74P-4635-C, onto the axle shaft and press the bearing out of the yoke. If the bearing cannot be pressed completely out of the yoke, remove it with a vise grip or channel lock pliers. Mark the yoke and the shaft so that they will be reassembled in the same relative position.

c. Reposition the tool to press on the spider in order to remove the bearing from the opposite side of the flange.

d. Remove the yoke from the spider of axle shaft.

e. Remove the bearings and spider from the other end of the axle shaft in the same manner.