Rear Hub And Bearing Carrier - Polaris 1999 Sportsman 400 Service Manual

REAR SUSPENSION
REAR HUB AND BEARING CARRIER
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1. Hub cap
2. Caste llated nut
3. Cott er pin
4. Cone washer
5. Washer
6. Lug nut
7. Rear hub
8. Rear axle bear ing carrier
5. Co mpress the spring and remove the spring re-
tainer from the top ofthe shock.
6. Reinsta ll the spring by reversing these ste ps. Ad-
ju st the spring preload to the previous sett ing .
REAR HUB AND IIF-AllING C A R R I ER
Remov a l
Refe r
1 0
Fig ure 8 and Figure 9.
1. Park the vehicle
011
level ground a nd set the
parki ng brake. Block the front wheels so the vehicle
will
not
roll in either direction.
2. Raise the rear of tile ve hicle w ith a sma ll hyd rau-
lic or sc issor jack. Place the j ack under the fra me
with
a piece of
wood betw een the jack and the
frame.
3. Place block(s) under the frame to suppo rt the ve-
hicle sec urely wit h the rear whee ls o ff the gro und.
4. Remove the rea r w hccli s) as de scribed in th is
chapter.
5. Remove the hub
CHp
( Figure 10).
6 . Remov e the co lter pin (F igure 1l }and discard
it.
A new cotte r pin mu st be installed.
7. Loosen , but do not remove the cas te llated nut
(Figu re 12) on the rear axle.
8. Remov e the cas te llated axle nut and the coni ca l
washers (Figure 13) from the ax le.
NOTE
It may be
lIeceSSGI}'
to
li se
a
wheel
puller to remove the rearhubfrom the
end
0 /
the rear axle.
9. Remove the rear hub (Fig ure 14) from the rear
axle.
10. Remove the bolt (A, fig ure 15 ) and
self-loc king nut (13, Fig ure 15) secur ing the upper
co ntrol an n to the rear ax le bearing ca rrier.
11 . Remove the bo lt and two washers (F igu re 16)
securing the lo wer co ntro l ann to the rear ax le bear-
ing ca rrier
hub
on bot
h
sides.
]2.
Hold onto the d rive ax le and wit hdraw the rear
hub (Figu r e 17) from the drive axle.
NOTE
The rear axle is held in place and will
not slide olit of the transmission.