Rear Knuckle: Service and Repair

Rear Hub Carrier Fulcrum Bearing Remove & Refit

^ Remove rear road wheel.

^ Slacken, but do not remove the drive shaft securing nut.

^ Remove the hand brake cable to expander securing clip.

^ Reposition cable from the lever.

^ Remove calliper securing bolt.

^ Remove disc.

^ Remove the fulcrum shaft securing nut.

^ Remove the nut securing the hub to the drive shaft, and the cone.





^ Slacken the tool centre bolt and fit the thread protector to the drive shaft (1 Fig. 2).

^ Fit and align tool JD 1D to the hub (2 Fig. 2) and tighten nuts.

^ Carefully tighten the centre bolt to withdraw the hub from the drive shaft.

^ Remove tool securing nuts, tool JD 1D and the thread protector.

^ Carefully remove the fulcrum shaft and the hub assembly.

^ Fit and align the the hub assembly to a vice and move fulcrum bearing tube using a suitable drift.

^ Remove shims and bearings from the hub carrier.

^ Fit and align extractor tool 18G 284 AAH (3 Fig. 2) to the fulcrum bearing race.

^ Tighten the tool cross bolt, ensuring the tool legs locate behind the bearing race.

^ Fit the slide hammerl8G 284 to the tool and remove the bearing race.

^ Slacken, but do not remove the tool cross bolt and place the bearing race aside.

^ Repeat the above procedure for the remaining bearing race.

^ Refit in reverse order to removal procedures.

Note: Use equal sized shims to give O.OO3 in, (O.0762 mm) pre-load.