Rear

Bearing - Hub
Remove
1. Raise rear 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. With assistant depressing the brake pedal, remove and discard drive shaft nut.
4. Remove brake shoe assembly.





5. Using LRT-70-007 release handbrake cable from backplate and remove from backplate.





6. Remove clip securing brake hose to bracket on damper.
7. Disconnect brake pipe union from wheel cylinder.

CAUTION: Always fit plugs to open connections to prevent contamination.

8. Release ABS sensor from hub.





9. Remove nut and bolt securing trailing link to hub.
10. Remove nut, bolt and washers securing transverse links to hub.
11. Remove 2 nuts and bolts securing hub to damper.
12. Release camper from hub.
13. Remove hub assembly from drive shaft.

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





14. Position hub assembly to press, support on tools LRT-54-017 and press out drive flange using tool LRT-54-014.

NOTE: Outer bearing track will remain on drive flange.





15. Remove bearing sealing plate from inner track.
16. Position drive flange in a vice.





17. 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.

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





19. Fit hub to vice and remove 4 bolts securing backplate to hub.
20. Remove backplate.





21. Remove circlip from bearing.





22. 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-54-015 and press in new bearing using LRT-54-015.
3. Fit circlip to hub.
4. Fit hub to vice, fit backplate and tighten bolts to 45 Nm (33 ft. lbs.).





5. Support bearing on tool LRT-54-015 and press drive flange into bearing using LRT-54-014.
6. Fit hub assembly to drive shaft.
7. Fit hub to damper and tighten bolts to 205 Nm (151 ft. lbs.).

CAUTION: Nuts and bolts must be tightened with weight of vehicle on suspension.

8. Fit nut, bolt and washers securing transverse links to hub and tighten nut to 120 Nm (89 ft. lbs.).
9. Fit trailing link to hub and tighten nut and bolt to 120 Nm (89 ft. lbs.).

NOTE: Ensure that washers are fitted to both ends of bolts

10. 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.

11. Fit brake pipe to wheel cylinder and tighten union to 14 Nm (10 ft. lbs.).
12. Fit clip securing brake pipe to bracket.
13. Fit and secure handbrake cable to backplate.
14. Fit brake shoes.
15. Fit new drive shaft nut and tighten to 400 Nm (295 ft. lbs.). Stake nut to shaft.
16. Bleed brakes.
17. Fit road wheel(s) and tighten nuts to 115 Nm (85 ft. lbs.).
18. Remove stands and lower vehicle.