Axle Beam: Service and Repair

Removal





1. Raise vehicle and support it with safety stand.
2. Loosen and remove four wheel nuts.
3. Remove wheel and tire.
4. Remove two brake drum screws from wheel hub.





5. Remove hub cap, cotter pin, cover set, nut and washer from the end of the spindle.
6. Remove brake drum from rear brake assembly.
7. Remove hub assembly after loosening bolts from hub assembly.

Notice: After disconnecting brake line, plug it to prevent fluid leakage.





8. Disconnect brake line with SST (OK130 430 019).





9. Disconnect lower brake pipes and flexible hoses from the middle of rear casting after loosening the brake pipe nuts and then pulling out the flexible hose clips.

Notice: After disconnecting lower brake pipes and flexible hoses, plug them to prevent fluid leakage.

10. Loosen the bolts from rear casting and remove plate retainer, back plate, and spindle.
11. Loosen the shock absorber bolts and nuts and remove the shock absorber from the rear casting.
12. Loosen the lower arm bolt and two bolts from rear casting and remove lower arm bracket and lower arm.
13. Loosen the upper arm bolt from the rear casting and remove the upper arm.
14. Remove the stabilizer bracket and bolt in the middle of the rear casting.
15. Loosen the panhard bolt and remove the panhard.
16. Remove the rear casting.
17. Check all parts, and repair or replace if necessary.

Replacement
1. Install shock absorber to rear casting and tighten nut.
Tightening torque: 99 - 116 ft. lbs. (134 - 157 Nm, 13.7 - 16 kg.m)
2. Install two upper arm to rear casting with bolt and nut and then tighten nut.
Tightening torque: 55 - 69 ft. lbs. (74 - 93 Nm, 7.6 - 9.5 kg.m)
3. Install lower arm to rear casting and tighten lower arm bolt and nut.
Tightening torque: 87 - 101 ft. lbs. (118 - 137 Nm, 12 - 14 kg.m)
4. Tighten two stabilizer brackets and bolts to rear casting.
Tightening torque: 32 - 40 ft. lbs. (43 - 54 Nm, 4.4 - 5.5 kg.m)
5. Install panhard rod and washer and then tighten the panhard rod nut.
Tightening torque: 99 - 116 ft. lbs. (134 - 157 Nm, 13.7 - 16 kg.m)
6. Install spindle, retainer plate, and back plate and tighten the bolts.
Tightening torque: 65 - 79 ft. lbs. (80 - 108 Nm, 9.0 - 11.0 kg.m)





7. Connect the lower brake pipes and flexible hoses and fix the flexible hoses clips to the brakes of rear casting.





8. Tighten brake line with SST (OK130 430 019).
Tightening torque: 9 - 13 ft. lbs. (13 - 18 Nm, 1.3 - 1.8 kg.m)
9. Install rear wheel hub assembly.
10. Put brake drum into rear wheel hub assembly and tighten two screws.
Tightening torque: 7 - 11 ft. lbs. (9.8 - 15 Nm, 1.0 - 1.5 kg.m)





11. Install washer, nut, cover set, and new cotter pin on the end of the spindle and wrap cotter pin prongs tightly around cover set.
Tightening torque: 177 - 198 ft. lbs. (240 - 270 Nm, 24.5 - 27.5 kg.m)
12. Install hubcap, wheel and tire.
13. Install and tighten four wheel nuts.
14. Bleed brake system.
Tightening torque: 65 - 79 ft. lbs. (88 - 108 Nm, 9.0 - 11.0 kg.m)
15. Lower vehicle.