REMOVAL & INSTALLATION

Front

1. Before servicing the vehicle, refer to the precautions in the beginning of this section.
2. Remove or disconnect the following:
   • Steering knuckle assembly from the vehicle
3. Position the steering knuckle in a soft-jawed vise.
4. Press the hub from the steering knuckle. If the inner bearing race remains in the hub, press it out.
5. Remove or disconnect the following:
   • Rotor shield
   • Inner and outer seals
   • Snapring from the steering knuckle
6. Press the inner bearing race to remove the outer bearing.
7. Remove or disconnect the following:
   • Tone ring, if equipped with Anti-lock Brake System (ABS)
   • Wheel lugs from the hub using a suitable press

   NOTE: To prevent deforming the hub, do not hammer the lugs out.

   To install:

8. Install or connect the following:
   • Wheel lugs into the hub using a suitable press
9. If equipped with ABS, clean all foreign material from the hub and tone ring.
10. Install or connect the following:
    • Tone ring
11. Clean the inside of the steering knuckle.
12. Remove the plastic lock from the inner race and press a new greased bearing into the hub by pressing the outer race.
13. Install or connect the following:
    • Snapring into its groove
    • New outer oil seal using a press, until it contacts the bottom of the housing
    • New inner oil seal using a press, until it contacts the circlip
14. Apply grease to the oil seal lips.
15. Install or connect the following:
    • Rotor shield and tighten the bolts to 10 ft. lbs. (14 Nm)
    • Hub to the steering knuckle
16. Press a new bearing into the hub by driving the inner race.
17. Install the steering knuckle on the vehicle.

Rear

1. Before servicing the vehicle, refer to the precautions in the beginning of this section.
2. Loosen the parking brake adjustment.
3. Remove or disconnect the following:
   • Wheel assembly
   • Unstake and remove the axle nut
   • Caliper, leaving the line connected, and suspend it aside
   • Rotor
   • Parking brake cable
   • Sway bar clamp
   • Bolt securing the lateral link to the housing
   • Bolts securing the trailing link to the housing
   • Halfshaft
   • Bolts securing the strut to the housing
   • Speed sensor from the backing plate, if equipped with Anti-lock Brake System (ABS)
   • Housing assembly
   • Hub from the rear housing using Hub Stand 92708000 and Puller 927420000
   • Backing plate from the housing
   • Outer, inner and sub oil seals
   • Snapring
   • Bearing by pressing the inner race

   To install:

4. Clean the housing thoroughly.

   NOTE: Do not remove the plastic lock from the inner race when installing the bearing.

5. Install or connect the following:
   • New bearing into the housing by pressing the outer race and pack the bearing with grease
   • Snapring and ensure that it fits properly
   • New outer seal until it contacts the snapring using a press
   • New inner seal until it contacts the bottom using a press
   • New sub oil seal and apply grease to the oil seal lip
   • Backing plate and tighten the bolts to 43 ft. lbs. (58 Nm)
   • Hub into the housing using installer 927450000 to press it into position
   • Housing to the strut and tighten the bolts to 119 ft. lbs. (162 Nm)
   • Speed sensor, if equipped with ABS
   • Halfshaft
   • Trailing link to the housing and tighten the bolt and new nut to 94 ft. lbs. (127 Nm)
   • Lateral link to the housing and tighten the bolt and new nut to 116 ft. lbs. (157 Nm)
   • Sway bar clamp
   • Parking brake cable
   • Rear brake assembly
   • New axle nut and tighten it to 152 ft. lbs. (206 Nm). Stake the nut.
   • Wheel
6. Adjust the parking brake cable.