NOTE: Drives of the left and right front wheels are of different design (the right front wheel drive is made in one piece with the intermediate shaft), therefore, the left and right drives are removed partially by different methods, described separately for each drive.
You will need: all tools for removing the engine crankcase (cm. «Removal and installation of a mudguard of the engine»), disconnecting the ball joint from the steering knuckle (cm. «Ball joint replacement»), tie rod from swing arm (cm. «Replacing the outer tie rod end»), as well as socket head and wrench «at 13», wrench for wheel nuts.
To remove the left front wheel drive perform the following operations.
1. Remove the crankcase protection (cm. «Removal and installation of a mudguard of the engine»).
2. Drain the gearbox oil (cm. «Changing the oil in the gearbox»).
3. Remove the decorative cap of the left front wheel (cm. «Wheel replacement»).
4. Loosen the hub bolt and wheel nuts.
WARNING: When removing the hub bolt, the vehicle must be on the ground!
WARNING: Loosen and tighten the wheel nuts only with the vehicle on the ground.
5. Brake the vehicle with the parking brake, place chocks under the rear wheels and raise the front of the vehicle to secure stands.
6. Remove the front wheel (cm. «Wheel replacement»).
NOTE: If your vehicle is equipped with an anti-lock brake system (ABS), disconnect the harness connector from the wheel speed sensor.
7. Turn out a bolt of a nave and remove it together with a persistent washer.
8. Disconnect the left tie rod from the swing arm (cm. «Replacing the outer tie rod end»).
9. Turn away a nut of a finger of a spherical support and press out a finger a stripper (cm. «Ball joint replacement»).
10. Slightly move the telescopic strut to the side and remove the shank of the external constant-velocity joint from the hub.
NOTE: Front brake caliper removed for clarity. When removing the front wheel drive, it is not required to remove it.
USEFUL ADVICE: If you cannot remove the pivot shank with your hands, knock it out of the hub with light hammer blows through a soft metal drift.
WARNING: Be careful not to protrude the drive shaft from the inboard joint housing as this may damage the joint.
11. Having rested the mounting blade in the gearbox housing..
12.... press the drive inner joint out of the side gear and remove the left front wheel drive assembly.
NOTE: The gap between the inboard joint housing and the gearbox housing is very small and it is not possible to insert the end of the spudger all the way into it all at once. After inserting the pointed part of the mounting blade into the gap, with gentle hammer blows along the blade, drive its end deep into the gap and move the hinge body away from the crankcase with it like a wedge until the retaining ring of the hinge shank comes out of the axle shaft gear. Then finally push the hinge shank out of the gear with a spatula.
WARNING: When using a spudger when pressing the inner joint out of the gear of the half shaft of the gearbox, do not damage the gearbox housing and the joint.
WARNING: Replace the inner joint shank retaining ring with a new one each time the actuator is removed from the vehicle.
13. To install the drive, first insert the splined shank of the outer joint housing into the wheel hub, install the thrust washer and screw in the hub bolt until it stops, without completely tightening it.
14. Then insert the splined shank of the inner joint housing into the axle shaft seal and turn the drive shaft slightly so that the splines of the joint shank and the axle gear are aligned.
15. Pull down the front suspension arm and with a sharp movement of the shock absorber strut with a steering knuckle, press the drive into the axle shaft gear until the drive is fixed with the retaining ring.
16. With a sharp jerk at the steering knuckle, try to pull the shank of the inner joint from the side gear. If this succeeds, repeat the installation of the hinge into the gear. If the second attempt does not lead to the desired result, replace the inner joint shank retaining ring.
17. After installing all the parts, fill the gearbox with oil (cm. «Changing the oil in the gearbox»).
18. Install the wheel and tighten the wheel nuts until they stop, without completely tightening them.
19. Install the car on the wheels, removing it from the supports, and tighten the hub bolt.
WARNING: Completely tighten the hub bolt with the vehicle on the ground. Bolt tighten torque 35 Nm (3.5 kgf·m) and then turn 90°. It is strictly forbidden to move the car with the hub bolt loose in order to avoid damage to the hub bearing cage.
20. Tighten the wheel nuts (cm. «Wheel replacement»).
21. Install the wheel trim (cm. «Wheel replacement»).
To remove the right front wheel drive perform the following operations.
1. On the right side of the vehicle, perform steps 1-10 that were performed on the left side to remove the left front wheel drive (see above).
2. Turn away two nuts of fastening of bracket of an intermediate support..
3.... and remove the bracket.
4. Remove the inner joint shank from the side gear..
5.... and remove the right front wheel drive assembly.
NOTE: If necessary, remove the three bolts securing the intermediate support bracket to the engine block..
NOTE: …and remove the bracket.
6. To install the drive, first insert the splined shank of the outer joint housing into the wheel hub, install the thrust washer, and screw in the hub bolt until it stops without fully tightening it.
7. Then insert the splined shank of the internal hinge housing into the axle shaft seal and turn the drive shaft slightly so that the splines of the hinge shank and the axle gear coincide, then by moving the shock absorber strut with the steering knuckle, enter the drive into the axle gear until it stops.
8. Install and nut the intermediate support bracket.
9. After installing all the parts, fill the gearbox with oil (cm. «Changing the oil in the gearbox»).
10. Install the wheel and tighten the wheel nuts until they stop, without completely tightening them.
11. Install the car on the wheels, removing it from the supports, and tighten the hub bolt.
WARNING: Completely tighten the hub bolt with the vehicle on the ground. Bolt tighten torque 35 Nm (3.5 kgf·m) and then turn 90°. It is strictly forbidden to move the car with the hub bolt loose in order to avoid damage to the hub bearing separator.
12. Tighten the wheel nuts (cm. «Wheel replacement»).
13. Install the wheel cover (cm. «Wheel replacement»).
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