Removal (Colt)
- Remove center cap, loosen drive shaft nut, lift vehicle, and remove wheels. Remove undercover. Remove lower arm ball joint and strut bar from lower arm.CAUTION: Place ball joint of lower arm on lower arm to prevent damage to the ball joint dust boot.
- Drain transaxle fluid, and remove caliper assembly. Insert pry bar between transaxle case and double offset joint outer case. To avoid damaging inner seal, do not insert pry bar more than .28" (7 mm). See Fig 1. Push pry bar toward center of vehicle to remove drive shaft from transaxle.
- Using an axle shaft puller (CT-1003), force the drive shaft out of hub. Remove knuckle, hub and rotor as an assembly by removing 2 bolts attaching knuckle to strut assembly.
- Mount steering knuckle in a vise, and drive out hub and rotor assembly with a soft hammer. Remove preload adjusting spacer from hub. Remove bolts attaching rotor to hub, and remove rotor from hub assembly.