Front Axle Shaft & Spindle (Land Cruiser & 4-Wd Pickup): Reassembly
Coat bearing retainer, cage and balls with suitable grease and reverse disassembly procedure. Ensure protrusion end of bearing retainer is covered by the wide portion of bearing cage during reassembly. When installing bearing retainer and cage into outer shaft, wide side of bearing cage must be on outside portion. After reassembly, pack drive shaft end with lithium base grease. Install new snap rings on axle shaft, insert axle shaft to drive shaft keeping inner snap ring compressed.
NOTE:
After reassembly, ensure that axle shaft can NOT be pulled out of drive shaft CV joint.