Front

Bearing - Hub
Remove
1. Raise front of vehicle.

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

2. Remove road wheel.





3. Release stake in drive shaft nut.
4. With an assistant applying brakes, remove and discard drive shaft hub nut.





5. Remove clip securing RH brake hose to support bracket, release hose from bracket. Release ABS sensor and pad wear sensor harnesses from bracket.





6. Remove 2 bolts securing brake caliper to hub. Release caliper from hub and tie aside.

CAUTION: Do not allow caliper to hang on brake hose.





7. Mark brake disc to hub relationship.
8. Remove 2 screws securing brake disc and remove brake disc.





9. Remove 2 nuts and bolts securing hub to damper.
10. Release hub from damper.
11. Release drive shaft from hub.





12. Restrain hub from rotating and remove nut from lower swivel joint.
13. Break taper joint using LRT-57-043.
14. Remove swivel hub.

NOTE: Do not carry out further dismantling if component is removed for access only.





15. Remove 3 bolts securing brake disc shield.





16. Position hub assembly to press, support on tools LRT-54-017 and press out drive flange using tool LRT-54-014.
17. Remove brake disc shield.

NOTE: Outer bearing track will remain on drive flange.





18. Remove bearing sealing plate from inner track.
19. Position drive flange in a vice.





20. Clamp both halves of a suitable bearing separator around inner track ensuring that inner lip fits in groove on inner track.

NOTE: From 2002MY the groove in the inner track was deleted. To remove the inner track, clamp the separator around the bearing inner track surface.

21. Using tool LRT-99-500 and thrust pad LRT-54-014 withdraw inner track from drive flange.





22. Remove circlip from bearing.





23. Position hub to press and press out bearing using tool LRT-54-015 and LRT-54-017, discard bearing.

CAUTION: Never re-use existing bearing.

Refit
1. Clean hub and drive flange.





2. Support hub on tool LRT-54-016 and press in new bearing using LRT-54-015.
3. Fit circlip to hub.
4. Fit brake disc shield, fit bolts and tighten to 8.5 Nm (6.5 ft. lbs.).





5. Support bearing on tool LRT-54-015 and press drive flange into bearing using LRT-54-014.
6. Clean drive shaft.
7. Fit hub assembly to lower joint, fit new nut and tighten to 65 Nm (48 ft. lbs.).
8. Fit drive shaft to hub.
9. Fit hub to damper, fit nuts and bolts and tighten to 205 Nm (151 ft. lbs.).
10. Clean brake disc to drive flange mating faces.
11. Fit disc to drive flange, align reference marks, fit screws and tighten to 5 Nm (4 ft. lbs.).
12. Clean mating faces of caliper and hub.
13. Position caliper to brake disc fit bolts and tighten to 100 Nm (74 ft. lbs.).
14. Fit brake hose to abutment bracket and fit clip.
15. Clean ABS sensor, smear sensor with an anti-seize grease and fit sensor to hub.

CAUTION: Ensure ABS sensor is fully located into hub, so that sensor touches pole wheel teeth.

16. Fit ABS sensor lead to bracket.
17. Fit new drive shaft nut and tighten to 400 Nm (295 ft. lbs.). Stake nut to shaft.
18. Stake drive shaft hub nut.
19. Fit road wheel(s) and tighten nuts to 115 Nm (85 ft. lbs.).
20. Remove stands and lower vehicle.