Installing Drive Shaft
- Check the drive shaft.
Check the following before installation:
Check inner/outer bellows and replace if necessary.
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Grease the drive shaft toothing with Optimoly HT.
- Insert drive shaft into the wheel carrier and fit it at the transmission flange.
- Install toe control arm and rear trailing arm.
- 3.1. Fit rear trailing arm and toe control arm on the wheel carrier and screw on and tighten fastening nuts.
Fastening nut on rear trailing arm: Tightening torque 85 Nm (63 ftlb.)
Fastening screw on rear trailing arm (GT4): Tightening torque 120 Nm (89 ftlb.)
Fastening nut on toe control arm. Tightening torque 85 Nm (63 ftlb.)
- 3.1. Fit rear trailing arm and toe control arm on the wheel carrier and screw on and tighten fastening nuts.
- Fit connecting link -2-
on the anti-roll bar and screw on and tighten fastening nut -1-
.
Initial tightening 40 Nm (30 ftlb.) Final tightening +30°
- Screw in fastening screws securing drive shaft to transmission flange and tighten to Tightening torque 80 Nm .
- Install rear brake calliper with line bracket.
Information
- Replace brake calliper fastening screws each time they are removed .
- 6.1. Fit brake calliper together with the holder and screw in and tighten new brake calliper fastening screws -arrows-
.
Tightening torque 85 Nm (63 ftlb.)
- 6.2. Screw in and tighten fastening screws -6- securing holder to wheel carrier. Tightening torque 10 Nm
- 6.3. Plug in and lock electric plug connection on the RPM sensor -3- .
- 6.4. Plug in and lock electric plug connection for PASM -4- and clip in cable retainer -5- at the holder -7- .
- 6.5. Plug in and lock electric plug connection for electric parking brake (EPB) -1- and clip the line into the cable retainer -2- .
- Only for GT4 vehicles:
Install brake air spoiler.
Brake air spoiler to trailing arm: Tightening torque 10 Nm (7.5 ftlb.)