Removal and Installation

FRONT WHEEL HUB AND KNUCKLE


Removal and Installation


REMOVAL
1. Remove tires with power tool.
2. Remove wheel sensor and sensor harness. Exploded View.

CAUTION:
Never pull on wheel sensor harness.
3. Remove brake hose bracket. Exploded View.
4. Remove caliper assembly. Hang caliper assembly in a place where it will not interfere with work. Exploded View.

CAUTION:
Never depress brake pedal while brake caliper is removed.
5. Remove disc rotor. Removal and Installation.
6. Remove cotter pin, and then loosen wheel hub lock nut with power tool.





7. Patch wheel hub lock nut with a piece of wood. Hammer the wood to disengage wheel hub and bearing assembly from drive shaft.

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 or joint sub-assembly, shaft and the other parts.

NOTE:
Use suitable puller, if wheel hub and bearing assembly and drive shaft cannot be separated even after performing the above procedure.
8. Remove wheel hub lock nut.
9. Remove wheel hub and bearing assembly, and then remove splash guard.
10. Remove steering outer socket. Exploded View.
11. Remove cotter pin of transverse link and steering knuckle, and then loosen nut.
12. Separate steering knuckle from upper link.
13. Separate steering knuckle link from transverse so as not to damage ball joint boot using the ball joint remover (commercial service tool), and remove steering knuckle.

CAUTION:
Temporarily tighten the nut to prevent damage to threads and to prevent the ball joint remover from suddenly coming off.

INSTALLATION
Note the following, and install in the reverse order of the removal.
- Perform the final tightening of each of parts under unladen conditions, which were removed when removing wheel hub and bearing assembly and steering knuckle.
- Never reuse cotter pin.