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REAR SUSPENSION AND WHEELS
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Removing Suspension.
Jack up the car at rear and set it on stands.
Take down a wheel, disconnect shock absorber
at rear using wrench A. 57068 and tie off axle shaft
from wheel shaft joint.
Disconnect the handbrake control cable from
brake shoe actuating lever and the hydraulic brake
line from hose, after plugging up brake fluid
reservoir outlet port.
Disconnect the sway bar at control arm and the
transmission mounting bracket.
NOTE .
For inspection and repair of sway bar,
refer to procedures covering front sway eliminator,
page 137.
Back out control ann-la-body shell mounting
screws at front and rear. observe the number and
arrangement of shims and. using the
hydraulic
jack, remove the control arm assembly and then
the coil spring.
Repeat above procedure at the other arm and
remove it.
CONTROL ARMS
Disassembly, Inspection and Repair.
Fig. 245 • Pulling rear wheel hub.
1.
Brake backing plate. - 2. Wheel hub. - 3. Ram puller A. 47017
for rear wheel hubs.
Fig. 246 - Pulling rear wheel ball bearing.
1. Rear wheel hub.• 2. Tool A. 40005/4. - 3. Ram puller A. 4000611.
NOTE·
Whenever roller bearing has been removed
it must be necessarily replaced by a new one.
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Disassemble the control arm.
This operation does not involve any particular
difficulty. but some suggestions are outlined hereaf-
ter for more ease of operator.
After the rear wheel hub has been pulled (fig. 245),
remove the
ball
bearing retainer plate and. using
ram puller A. 40006/1 with tool A. 40005/4 attached,
withdraw the ball bearing (fig. 2(6).
Driver A. 74034 is of use to remove the roller
bearing cup (fig. 2(7).
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Fig. 244.
Sectional view of rear end across sway bar mounting and
shock absorber lower mounting.
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