Front Suspension

Remove
1. Raise front of vehicle.

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

2. Remove road wheel.
3. Release stake from drive shaft nut.





4. With assistance, remove drive shaft nut. Discard the nut.
5. Remove front brake disc.





6. Remove Allen bolt securing ABS sensor to hub. Release ABS sensor, remove and discard O-ring.





7. Remove 4 bolts securing wheel hub to steering knuckle.
8. Release wheel hub from steering knuckle, then remove wheel hub and drive shaft assembly from axle.
9. Press drive shaft from wheel hub.
10. Remove drive shaft oil seal from axle casing.

Refit
1. Clean drive shaft oil seal recess, drive shaft splines, oil seal running surface, wheel hub and steering knuckle mating faces, ABS sensor and sensor recess.





2. Lubricate lip of new drive shaft oil seal and running surface on drive shaft with clean differential oil.
3. Use LRT-51-006 to fit new drive shaft oil seal to axle casing.
4. Fit drive shaft to axle casing.
5. Apply anti-seize compound to wheel hub and steering knuckle mating face.
6. Ensure ABS harness is located in cut out in steering knuckle.
7. Apply Loctite 640 to drive shaft splines, then fit wheel hub to drive shaft and align to steering knuckle.
8. Fit wheel hub bolts and tighten to 100 Nm (74 ft. lbs.).
9. With assistance, fit new drive shaft nut and tighten to 490 Nm (360 ft. lbs.). Stake drive shaft nut.
10. 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.).
11. Fit front brake disc.
12. Fit road wheel and tighten nuts to 140 Nm (103 ft. lbs.).
13. Remove stand(s) and lower vehicle.