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REAR SUSPENSION AND WHEELS
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Fig. 258 • Loosening wheel shaft flexible joint mounting nut.
I.
Wheel hub. - 2. Flexible joint. - 3. Joint mounting nut. - 4. Axle
shaft. - 5. Shock absorber.
REPLACING FLEXIBLE JOINT
Starting from the car with parts serial number
187048 wheel hub bearings adopted are of the
cylindrical roller and ball type instead of the taper
roller type.
As a result, replacement procedure of flexible
joint should be varied as follows:
jack up the car at rear;
- remove the wheel;
- back out axle shaft-to-flexible joint sleeve
screws;
- move back the sleeve on axle shaft and remove
the inner spring;
- remove cotter
pin
and screw out the nut four
complete lurns (fig. 258);
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Fig. 259 • Taking wheel shaft part way Qut.
1. Ram puller A. 47017.·2. Brake drum. - 3. Flexible joint. - 4. Flexible
joint mounting nut
Fig. 260 • Removing flexible joint.
1. Wheel hub .• 2. Flexible loin I.• 3. Wheel shaft. - 4. Axle shaft. -
5. Shock absorber.
-
affix
tool A. 47017 to wheel hub (fig. 259)
and work on the wheel hub so to take it part way
out;
- turn the nut all out and replace the flexible
joint by a new one (fig. 260);
_ working on the mounting nut, reset the wheel
shaft to the original position;
Fig. 261 - Tightening flexible joint mounting nut.
The wheel is on for more ease in tightening.
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