Front Axle Removal

Front Axle

REMOVAL
1. Disconnect ground cable from battery.
2. Jack-up vehicle, support it with safety stands, and remove front wheels.





3. Unlock axle nut.
4. Remove axle nut while depressing brake pedal to prevent front drive shaft from turning.

CAUTION: Be sure to loose and retighten axle nut after removing wheel from vehicle. Failure to follow this rule may damage wheel bearings.





5. Remove stabilizer link.
6. Remove disc brake caliper from housing, and suspend it from strut using a wire.





7. Remove disc rotor from hub. If disc rotor seizes up within hub, drive disc rotor out by installing an 8-mm bolt in screw hole on the rotor.





8. Remove cotter pin and castle nut which secure tie-rod end to housing knuckle arm.





9. Using a puller, remove tie-rod ball joint from knuckle arm.





10. Remove ABS sensor assembly and harness.





11. Remove bolt which secures sensor harness to strut.





12. Remove transverse link ball joint from housing.
13. Remove inner joint from transmission spindle.

CAUTION: Do not pull inner joint when removing front drive shaft.





14. Remove front drive shaft assembly from hub. If it is hard to remove, use STs.
ST1 926470000 AXLE SHAFT PULLER
ST2 927140000 PLATE

CAUTION:
^ Be careful not to damage oil seal lip and tone wheel when removing front drive shaft.
^ If front drive shaft is removed, replace inner oil seal with new one.





15. After scribing an alignment mark on camber adjusting bolt head, remove bolts which connect housing and strut, and disconnect housing from strut.