You will need: 14 mm wrenches (two) and 32 mm wrenches, a lug wrench, a tire iron, and a hammer.
1. Loosen the wheel nuts, then raise the front of the vehicle and place it on secure supports. Remove the appropriate wheel.
2. Loosen the front wheel hub nut.
3. Unscrew the hub nut...
4. ...and remove the thrust washer located underneath it.
5. Remove the brake hose from the bracket on the shock absorber strut.
6. Remove the wheel speed sensor
7. Disconnect the outer tie rod end from the steering arm (see "Replacing the outer tie rod end").
8. Loosen the nut of the clamping bolt of the terminal connection of the steering knuckle with the ball joint, remove the bolt and remove the ball joint pin from the steering knuckle (see "Replacing the front suspension ball joint").
9. Move the telescopic strut slightly to the side, remove the outer constant velocity joint tailpiece from the hub and tie it with wire to the shock absorber.
Helpful Hint: If you cannot remove the joint tailstock by hand, knock it out of the hub with light hammer blows through a wooden spacer.
10. Using a mounting blade placed against the gearbox housing through a wooden spacer, press out the inner drive joint from the axle shaft gear...
11. ...and remove the front wheel drive assembly.
Caution: Replace the inner joint tailstock snap ring with a new one each time the drive is removed from the vehicle, otherwise the drives may spontaneously detach from the transmission while driving.
12. The second drive is removed in the same way.
13. To install the drive shaft, insert the splined tailpiece of the inner joint housing into the axle shaft seal and turn the drive shaft slightly so that the splines of the joint tailpiece and the axle shaft gear align.
14. To install the drive, insert the splined tail of the outer joint housing into the wheel hub, install the thrust washer and screw the hub nut until it stops, without tightening it completely.
15. Move the front suspension arm down and, using a sharp movement of the shock absorber strut with the steering knuckle, press the drive into the axle shaft gear until the drive is secured with a retaining ring.
16. Attach the ball joints to the steering knuckles and the steering rod joints to the steering knuckle arms.
17. Install the brake hoses and wheel speed sensors in their places.
Warning: When installing the sensor, precisely align the hole in its housing with the threaded hole in the knuckle. Do not rotate the sensor around its longitudinal axis during installation.
The increase in resistance to the sensor movement should be felt only in the last 2 mm before it is fully seated in the knuckle. If the sensor enters the knuckle hole with great resistance from the very beginning of installation, remove the sensor and eliminate the cause of jamming (dirt, burrs on the body, etc.) It is strictly forbidden to press in the rear wheel speed sensor with a hammer.
18. Install the wheels and tighten the wheel nuts until they stop, without tightening them completely.
19. Place the car on its wheels, removing it from the supports.
20. Tighten the wheel nuts completely.
21. Tighten the hub nut completely.
Note: The hub nut is tightened in three stages:
- 1st - tighten to 150 Nm;
- 2nd - loosen by 45°;
- 3rd - re-tighten to 250 Nm.
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