Removal

Front Hub Unit Bearing

REMOVAL

1) Lift up the vehicle, and then remove the front wheels.
2) Remove the axle nut.

CAUTION:
Do not loosen the axle nut while the front axle is loaded. Doing so may damage the hub bearing.

(1) Lift the crimped section of axle nut.
(2) Remove the axle nut using a socket wrench while depressing the brake pedal.





3) Remove the front ABS wheel speed sensor.





4) Remove the front disc brake caliper from the front axle housing.
(1) Remove the mounting bolts, and then remove the front disc brake caliper.
(2) Prepare wiring harnesses etc. to be discarded, and suspend the front disc brake caliper from the shock absorber with the harnesses.





5) Remove the disc rotor.

NOTE:
When the disc rotor is difficult to be removed from the front hub unit bearing, screw in 8 mm (0.31 in) bolt to the threaded part of the disc rotor (A), and remove the disc rotor.





6) Remove the bolt from the front axle housing.





CAUTION:
^ Do not get closer the tool which charged magnetism to magnetic encoder.
^ Be careful not to damage the magnetic encoder.





7) Remove the front hub unit bearing. If it is hard to remove, use the ST.

PREPARATION TOOL:
ST1: AXLE SHAFT PULLER (926470000)
ST2: AXLE SHAFT PULLER PLATE (28099PA110)