Seals and Gaskets: Service and Repair

Seal - Oil - Front Axle Casing

Remove

1. Raise front of vehicle.

WARNING: Do not work on or under a supported only by a jack. Always support the vehicle on safety stands.

2. Remove road wheel.
3. Remove front brake disc. Refer to Brakes and Traction Control.





4. Remove Allen bolt securing ABS sensor and release ABS sensor from wheel hub. Remove and discard O-ring from ABS sensor.





5. Remove 4 bolts securing wheel hub to steering knuckle
6. Release wheel hub from steering knuckle.
7. Remove wheel hub and drive shaft from axle.





8. Remove oil seal from axle casing.

Refit

1. Clean drive shaft oil seal recess, oil seal running surface, wheel hub and swivel hub mating faces, ABS sensor and sensor recess.
2. Lubricate oil seal lip and running surface with clean differential oil.





3. Using tool LRT-51-006 and tool LRT-99-003, fit new drive shaft oil seal to axle casing.
4. Apply anti-seize compound to wheel hub and steering knuckle mating faces.
5. Ensure ABS harness is located in cut out in steering knuckle.
6. Fit drive shaft and wheel hub to axle casing and align wheel hub with steering knuckle. Fit wheel hub bolts and tighten to 100 Nm (74 ft. lbs.).
7. Fit new O-ring on ABS sensor and fit ABS sensor to wheel hub. Fit ABS sensor Allen bolt and tighten to 18 Nm (13 ft. lbs.).
8. Fit front brake disc. Refer to Brakes and Traction Control.
9. Fit road wheel and tighten nuts to 140 Nm (103 ft. lbs.).
10. Remove stand(s) and lower vehicle.
11. Check differential oil level.