Drive Axle - Vehicle Moving Precautions

Number: 84-73

Section: 3C (III)

Date: Feb., 1984
Subject: CAUTION ON MOVING FRONT WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES WITH DRIVE AXLE REMOVED


Model and Year: 1980-84 CITATION, 1982-84 CAVALIER AND CELEBRITY
TO: ALL CHEVROLET DEALERS


Page 3C-10 of the 1983 Cavalier Shop Manual contains this notice:

"This car MUST NOT BE MOVED while the drive shaft is out of the hub-and-bearing, nor until the hub nut is installed to final torque".

Moving the car with vehicle weight on the front wheels and bearings with drive axle shaft or hub nut removed may cause stress to the bearing balls and also damage the bearing race, resulting in a future bearing failure. This applies to the hub-and-bearing assemblies in all front-wheel-drive models.