Removal and Installation
REAR WHEEL HUB AND HOUSING
Removal and Installation
REMOVAL
1. Remove tire with power tool.
2. Remove caliper assembly. Hang caliper assembly in a place where it will not interfere with work. (1 piston type), (2 piston type).
CAUTION:
Never depress brake pedal while caliper assembly is removed.
3. Remove disc rotor. Removal and Installation (1 piston type), Removal and Installation (2 piston type).
4. Remove cotter pin and adjusting cap, then loosen wheel hub lock nut with power tool.
5. Put matching mark (A) on drive shaft and wheel hub and bearing assembly.
CAUTION:
Use paint or similar substance for matching marks. Never scratch the surface.
6. 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 counterpart such as joint sub-assembly, and other parts.
NOTE:
Use a suitable puller, if wheel hub and bearing assembly and drive shaft cannot be separated even after performing the above procedure.
7. Remove wheel hub lock nut.
8. Remove parking brake shoe and parking brake cable from back plate. Exploded View and Exploded View.
9. Remove stabilizer connecting rod (upper side) with power tool. Exploded View.
10. Remove coil spring. Exploded View.
11. Set suitable jack under axle housing.
12. Remove radius rod. Exploded View.
13. Remove shock absorber (lower side) with power tool. Exploded View.
14. Separate suspension arm from axle housing so as not to damage ball joint boot using ball joint remover
(commercial service tool), and then remove axle housing from the vehicle.
CAUTION:
- Temporarily tighten nuts to prevent damage to threads and to prevent the ball joint remover from coming off.
- 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 counterpart such as joint sub-assembly, and other parts.
15. Remove front lower link (axle housing side). Exploded View.
16. Remove rear lower link (axle housing side). Exploded View.
17. Remove wheel hub and bearing assembly.
18. Remove anchor block mounting nuts, and then remove anchor block and back plate from axle housing.
INSTALLATION
Note the following, and install in the reverse order of removal.
- Clean the matching surface of wheel hub lock nut and wheel hub and bearing assembly.
CAUTION:
Never apply lubricating oil to these matching surface.
- Clean the matching surface of drive shaft and wheel hub and bearing assembly. And then apply paste [service parts (440037S000)]
to surface (A) of joint sub-assembly of drive shaft.
CAUTION:
Apply paste to cover entire flat surface of joint sub-assembly of drive shaft.
Amount paste : 1.0 - 3.0 g (0.04 - 0.10 oz)
- Use the following torque range for tightening the wheel hub lock nut.
Torque : 180 Nm (18.4 kg-m, 133 ft-lb) - 185 Nm (18.8 kg-m, 136 ft-lb)
CAUTION:
- Since the drive shaft is assembled by press-fitting, use the tightening torque range for the wheel hub lock nut.
- Be sure to use torque wrench to tighten the wheel hub lock nut. Never use a power tool.
NOTE:
Wheel hub lock nut tightening torque does not over torque for avoiding axle noise, and does not less than torque for avoiding looseness.
- Never use a power tool to tighten the wheel hub lock nut.
- Perform the final tightening of each of parts under unladen conditions, which were removed when removing wheel hub and bearing assembly and axle housing.
- There must be no play between adjusting cap, cotter pin and wheel hub lock nut.
- Never reuse cotter pin, wheel hub lock nut and bushing.