Wheel Bearing Housing, Removing And Installing: Installing

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Install in reverse order of removal. Note the following:

-- Slide the wheel bearing housing onto the drive axle splines.

-- Insert both of upper control arm joint pins -2- in the wheel bearing housing and insert the bolt -1-.

Fig 1: Identifying Upper Control Arms And Bolts

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-- Remove the adhesive residue on the ball joint and guide link stub threads.

-- Install the guide link on the wheel bearing housing and tighten.

-- Install the control arm, refer to CONTROL ARM, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

NOTE:

Push the upper control arms -2- down as far as possible while tightening the bolts!

Fig 2: Identifying Upper Control Arms And Bolts

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-- Tighten the bolting -1-.

-- Install the brake rotor and the brake caliper, refer to BRAKE SYSTEM - MECHANICAL COMPONENTS .

-- Tighten the drive axle to wheel hub threaded connection, refer to DRIVE AXLE THREADED CONNECTION, LOOSENING AND TIGHTENING .

-- On vehicles with automatic head lamp range control, perform headlamp basic setting, refer to DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING .

-- If the Level Control Sensor -- was removed and installed or if the linkage was loosened, the control position must be programmed again by starting the correct program on the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester in Guided Functions .

-- If the control position was reprogrammed on vehicles with lane assist, the Camera Control Module -J852- must be calibrated again, refer to DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS FRONT CAMERA, CALIBRATING .

-- Install the wheel, refer to WHEELS AND TIRES .

-- Axle alignment, refer to the table in EVALUATING NEED FOR AXLE ALIGNMENT .