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Description
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Front Wheel
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2. In-Car Adjustments & Repairs...
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PART
3-6
WHEELS AND TYRES
Front Wheel Bearing Adjustment ...
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3. Removal & Installation
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4.
Major Repair Operations
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DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
The road wheels are of
pressed
steel double Slifety
(JJ)
rim
construc-
tion and are of five and six inch
width depending on tyre size. Refer
specification section.
FRONT WHEEL
Each front wheel and tyre assem-
bly is bolted to its respective front
hub and brake drum (or hub and
disc). Two opposed
tapered
roller
bearings are installed in each hub.
A
grease retainer is installed at the
inner end of the hub to prevent
lubricant from leaking into the
drum or on the disc. The entire
.assembly is retained to its spindle
by the adjusting nut, nut lock and
cotter pin (Figs. 73 and 74).
REAR WHEEL
The rear brake drum wheel and
tire assemblys are mounted on the
rear axle shaft flange studs, and are
retained by the wheel nuts. The rear
wheel bearing is pressed onto the
axle shaft just inside the shaft flange,
and the entire assembly is retained to
the rear axle housing
by
the bearing
retainer plate which is
bolted
to the
housing flange.
The inner end of each axle shaft
is
splined to the
differential
in the
rear axle.
ADJUSTING
NUT
HUI IIOLT
WHEEL
ASSEMBLY
FIG.
73 -Front Hub, Bearings
and
Grease Retainer- Drum Brakes-
Typical
ADJUSTING
NUT
HUB AND
IIOTOit
ASSEMBLY
INNER
lEAR lNG
CUP
GRWf
RETAINEI
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FIG. 74- Front
Hub, Bearings
and
Grease
Retainer- Disc
Brakes-
Typical
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IN-CAR ADJUSTMENTS AND REPAIRS
HOISTING INSTRUCTIONS
Damage
to
suspension and/ or
steering linkage components may oc-
cur if care is not
exercised
when
positioning the hoist
adapters
of 2
post hoists prior to lifting the car.
H
a 2 post hoist is used to lift the
car, place the adapters under the
front suspension lower arms.
Do
DOt
dow tbe
adapten
to eoatact
the
lteertq
Uakap.
FRONT WHEEL BEARING
ADJUSTMENT
The front wheel
bearings
should
be
adjusted
if the wheel is
too
loose
on the
spindle
or if the wheel does
not rotate freely. The followiilg pro-
cedure will bring the
bearina
adjust-
ment
to
specification.
1. Raise the car until the wheel
and tire clear the floor.
2. Pry off the hub cap or wheel
cover and remove the grease cap
from the
hub.
·
3.
Wipe the excess grease from
the end of the spindle, and remove
the cotter pin and nut lock.
4. If equipped with disc brakes,
loosen the bearing adjusting nut
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