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Tools You Need
Less common items include 3/4" drive breaker bar (in shadow, by hydraulic jack), large & medium 3-tong pullers, cold chisel and 46mm 3/4" socket
Date: 04/20/2008
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Steps 1 through 4
1. Jack-up car; 2. Remove road wheel; 3. Remove brake caliper & hang on front spring using heavy wire, and; 4 Remove caliper mounting bracket.
Date: 05/06/2008
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Steps 5 and 6
5. Remove ABS sensor from spindle & hang out of way, and; 6. Loosen rotor retaining bolt, then remove brake rotor and set it out of the way.
Date: 05/06/2008
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Steps 7 Through 10
7. Pry hub cover from spindle (see pic); 8. Remove center cap from road wheel; 9. Re-mount road wheel, and; 10. Set car back down on the ground.
Date: 05/06/2008
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Steps 11 Through 14
11. Use cold chisel & hammer to remove safety indents on collar nut; 12. Insert 46mm socket through center of road wheel. Attach 3/4" drive 3'-long breaker bar to socket and loosen collar nut; 13. Rejack car, and; 14. Remove road wheel.
Date: 05/06/2008
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Step 15 - Pull wheel bearing.
Insert a small socket into center of spindle, then use large 3-arm puller to remove the wheel bearing. See the picture directly below this one for reference.
Date: 04/20/2008
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Step 15 (a) - Deal With Back-half Wheel Bearing
It is not uncommon to have the front wheel bearing race slide off, leaving the back race firmly attached to the spindle.
Date: 04/20/2008
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Step 15 (b) Rear Race & Rear Dust Cup
In this pic, I've pushed the rear dust cup out of the way so I can get the medium 3-arm puller onto the back flange of the back-half of the wheel bearing.
Date: 04/20/2008
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Step 15 (b) Insert Small Socket in Center of Spindle
This is a picture showing how I inserted a small socket into the center of the spindle. This provides a solid surface for the 3-arm puller to work against as you remove the back race.
Date: 05/06/2008
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