Front Suspension

Remove





1. Release ABS sensor harness grommet from inner wing valance and disconnect multiplug.
2. 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.

3. Remove road wheel.





4. Pull ABS sensor harness through aperture into wheel arch.
5. Release harness from brackets on inner wing valance, suspension turret and front hub.





6. Release stake from drive shaft nut.
7. With assistance, remove drive shaft nut. Discard the nut.
8. Remove front brake disc.
REFER TO BRAKES.





9. Remove 4 bolts securing wheel hub to steering knuckle.
10. Release wheel hub from steering knuckle, then remove wheel hub and drive shaft assembly from axle.

CAUTION: Do NOT remove the ABS sensor from the hub. The hub and the sensor are supplied as an assembly.





11. Position the wheel hub and drive shaft on a press, place supports beneath the wheel studs and press the drive shaft from the wheel hub.
12. 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 tool LRT-51-012 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. Apply a 3 mm (0.125 inch) wide bead of Loctite 640 around drive shaft circumference, as illustrated.
7. Ensure ABS harness is located in cut out in steering knuckle.
8. Fit wheel hub to drive shaft and align steering knuckle. The Loctite will smear along the length of the splines as the wheel hub is fitted to the drive shaft.
9. Fit wheel hub bolts and tighten to 100 Nm (74 ft. lbs.).
10. Fit new drive shaft nut and lightly tighten.
11. Fit front brake disc.
12. With assistance, final tighten drive shaft nut to 490 Nm (360 ft. lbs.). Stake drive shaft nut. The drive shaft nut must be tightened before Loctite has cured.
13. Secure ABS sensor harness to brackets and secure grommet to inner wing.
14. Fit road wheel and tighten nuts to 140 Nm (103 ft. lbs.).
15. Remove stand(s) and lower vehicle.
16. Connect ABS sensor multiplug.