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. Refer to Exploded View.

CAUTION:
Never depress brake pedal while caliper assembly is removed.
3. Remove disc rotor. Refer to Removal and Installation.
4. Remove cotter pin, then loosen wheel hub lock nut with a power tool.





5. Put matching mark (A) on drive shaft and wheel hub and bearing assembly.
6. Patch wheel hub lock nut with a piece of wood. Hammer the wood to disengage wheel hub and bearing assembly from drive shaft. Take out the wheel hub lock nut.






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 parking brake shoe and parking brake cable from back plate. Refer to Parking Brake Shoe and Exploded View.
8. Remove stabilizer connecting rod (upper side) with power tool. Refer to Exploded View.
9. Remove coil spring. Refer to Exploded View.
10. Set suitable jack under axle housing.
11. Remove radius rod. Refer to Exploded View.
12. Remove shock absorber (lower side) with power tool. Refer to Exploded View.
13. 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.
14. Remove front lower link (axle housing side). Refer to Exploded View.
15. Remove rear lower link (axle housing side). Refer to Exploded View.
16. Remove the wheel hub and bearing assembly.
17. 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.

CAUTION:
Apply paste [service parts (440037S000)] to cover entire flat surface (A) of joint sub-assembly of drive shaft.






Standard
Amount paste 1.0 - 3.0 g (0.04 - 0.10 oz)

- 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 and bushing.