Removal & Installation (Front)
- Raise and support vehicle. Remove front wheel. Unbolt disc brake caliper, and wire it aside. Unplug wheel speed sensor connector and remove speed sensor from hub assembly. See Figure
. Mark rotor-to-hub and remove brake rotor. Remove axle shaft nut. Remove stabilizer link.
- Loosen transverse link ball joint nut and separate ball joint from wheel hub assembly. Drive out spring pin retaining inner CV joint to transaxle spline. Remove axle shaft from vehicle. Disconnect tie rod and ball joints from wheel hub assembly. Mark camber adjusting bolt head for reassembly reference. Remove bolts retaining strut assembly to wheel hub assembly.
- Remove wheel hub assembly from vehicle. Remove hub from wheel hub assembly using press. Remove bolts retaining tone wheel to hub flange. See Fig 1
. Remove tone wheel. To install, reverse removal procedure. Use new inner axle joint spring pin and new outer axle shaft nut.
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