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Hub / Bearing: Installation

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  1. Thoroughly clean all hub and bearing assembly mounting surfaces on steering knuckle.
  2. Install hub and bearing assembly in steering knuckle aligning bolt holes in bearing flange with holes in steering knuckle.
  3. Install 3 mounting bolts and tighten evenly to ensure bearing is square to face of steering knuckle. Tighten mounting bolts to 110 N.m (80 ft. lbs.) torque. See Figure.
  4. Slide driveshaft outer C/V into front hub and bearing assembly.
  5. Install steering knuckle onto upper ball joint stud and install nut.
  6. Using a crow foot and torque wrench, tighten upper ball joint nut to 27 N.m (20 ft. lbs.) torque.
  7. If equipped with antilock brakes, install wheel speed sensor cable routing bracket on steering knuckle. See Figure. Install and tighten mounting bolt to 12 N.m (105 in. lbs.) torque.
  8. Install brake rotor, and caliper, shoes and adapter assembly. (Refer to BRAKES/HYDRAULIC/MECHANICAL/ROTOR - INSTALLATION)
  9. Clean all foreign matter from threads of outer C/V joint stub axle.
  10. Install hub nut on C/V joint stub axle threads. With vehicle brakes applied to keep stub axle from turning, tighten hub nut to 203 N.m (150 ft. lbs.) torque.
  11. Install wheel and tire assembly. Install wheel mounting nuts and progressively tighten in crisscross sequence. Tighten nuts to a torque of 135 N.m (100 ft. lbs.).
  12. Lower vehicle.
  13. Set front toe on vehicle to required specification. (Refer to SUSPENSION/WHEEL ALIGNMENT - STANDARD PROCEDURE) .
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