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Axle Shaft: Removal

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NOTE: Required Tools: Axle Remover (J-45859)
  1. Raise the vehicle. Remove the wheel and tire assembly. Remove the drive axle center cap, if equipped.
  2. Insert a drift or a large screwdriver through the brake caliper into one of the brake rotor vanes in order to prevent the axle shaft from turning. Remove the nut and the washer from the hub. DO NOT reuse the nut. A new nut must be used when installing the wheel drive shaft. Using the Axle Remover or equivalent, press the wheel drive shaft from the hub.
  3. Remove the 6 bolts securing the wheel drive shaft inboard flange to the output shaft flange. Remove the drift from the rotor. Remove the stabilizer shaft link from the lower control arm. See STABILIZER SHAFT under REMOVAL & INSTALLATION in appropriate FRONT SUSPENSION article.
  4. Wrap shop towels around both the inner and the outer wheel drive shaft boots in order to avoid damage to the boots during removal and installation. Pull the wheel drive shaft through the lower control arm opening.
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