Rear
Wheel and Tire-RearSpecial Tool(s):
Special Tool(s)
1. Remove the components in the order indicated in the illustration and table. To remove individual components, only carry out the listed steps.
2. To install, reverse the removal procedure.
Item 2: Wheel Nuts Removal Note
1. CAUTION: Do not use heat to loosen a seized wheel nut or damage to the wheel and wheel bearing can occur.
With the weight of the vehicle on the wheels, loosen the wheel nuts.
2. With vehicle in NEUTRAL, position on a hoist.
Item 5: Caliper, Pads and Anchor Plate Removal Note
1. CAUTION: Do not allow the brake caliper to hang from the hose or damage to the hose can result.
Remove the bolts and position the caliper, pads and anchor plate aside.
Item 9: Access Hole Knockout Removal Note
1. CAUTION: The brake shield has an access hole knockout that must be removed to allow for the removal of the wheel stud.
Using a suitable punch, remove the access hole cover from the brake shield.
Item 10: Wheel Stud Removal Note
1. Using the special tool, separate the wheel stud from the wheel hub flange.
2. Route the wheel stud through the access hole and discard the wheel stud.
Item 10: Wheel Stud Installation Note
1. CAUTION: Do not use power tools to install the wheel stud. The serrations on the stud can be stripped.
NOTE: Do not use the wheel nut that came with the vehicle.
Install washers and a new wheel nut on the wheel stud and tighten the nut until the stud seats against the flange.
- Discard the wheel nut and washers.
Item 9: Access Hole Knockout Installation Note
1. A plug must be inserted in place of the knockout to prevent contamination to the parking brake shoe assemblies.
Item 3: Wheel and Tire Installation Note
1. WARNING: When installing a wheel and tire, make sure to remove any corrosion, dirt or foreign material present on the mounting surfaces of the wheel and brake disc. Installing a wheel without correct metal-to-metal contact at the mounting surfaces can cause the wheel nuts to loosen and the wheel to come off while the vehicle is in motion, causing loss of control.
Clean the wheel mounting surfaces
Item 2: Wheel Nuts Installation Note
1. WARNING: Retighten at 800 km (500 miles) after any wheel change or any time the wheel nuts are loosened. Failure to retighten the wheel nuts at the mileage specified could allow the wheels to come off while the vehicle is in motion, possibly causing loss of control.
CAUTION: Failure to tighten the wheel nuts in a star pattern can result in high brake disc runout, which will speed up the development of brake roughness, shudder and vibration.
Tighten the wheel nuts.