Dodge 2000 DURANGO Service Manual page 71

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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)
(7) Remove the brake caliper and rotor. Refer to
Group 5, Brakes, for proper procedures.
(8) Remove the ABS wheel speed sensor, if
equipped. Refer to Group 5, Brakes, for proper proce-
dures.
(9) Remove the bolts holding the hub bearing to
the knuckle.
(10) Remove hub bearing from axle driveshaft and
steering knuckle.
(11) Support the drive shaft at the C/V joint hous-
ings.
(12) Disengage the inner C/V joint from the axle
shaft (Fig. 5). Position two pry bars between the
inner C/V housing and the axle housing. Apply pres-
sure away from the differential housing. This will
disengage the axle shaft snap-ring from the groove
on the inside of the C/V housing.
Fig. 5 Front Driveshaft
1 – DRIVESHAFT
2 – FRONT AXLE
3 – STEERING KNUCKLE
(13) Remove the driveshaft from the vehicle.
INSTALLATION
(1) Insert the C/V drive shaft stub into the hub
bearing bore of the steering knuckle.
(2) Apply a light coating of wheel bearing grease
on the axle shaft splines.
(3) Install the inner C/V joint onto the axle shaft
flange. Push firmly on the shaft until the axle shaft
snap-ring engages with the groove on the inside of
the joint housing.
(4) Clean hub bearing bore, axle driveshaft splines,
and hub bearing mating surface of all foreign mate-
rials. Apply light coating of grease to all mating sur-
faces.
(5) Install the hub bearing to the axle driveshaft
and the steering knuckle.
FRONT AXLE DRIVESHAFTS
(6) Install the bolts to hold the hub bearing to the
steering knuckle. Refer to Group 2, Suspension, for
the proper torque.
(7) Clean all foreign material from the stub shaft
threads. Install the hub nut and washer.
(8) Install the ABS
equipped. Refer to Group 5, Brakes, for proper proce-
dures.
(9) Install the brake caliper and rotor. Refer to
Group 5, Brakes, for proper procedures.
(10) Apply the brakes and tighten hub nut to 244
N·m (180 ft. lbs.) torque.
(11) Install the spring washer, nut lock and cotter
pin on the stub shaft (Fig. 6).
Fig. 6 Cotter Pin Installation
1 – COTTER PIN
2 – NUT LOCK
(12) Install the skid plate, if equipped.
(13) Install the wheel and tire.
C/V JOINT BOOTS
REMOVAL
(1) Remove axle driveshaft from vehicle.
(2) Remove outer C/V joint.
(3) Remove outer C/V joint small clamp and
remove boot (Fig. 7).
(4) Remove inner C/V joint boot clamps and
remove boot.
INSTALLATION
The lubricant amounts included with replacement
boots are different for inner and outer C/V joints.
Apply only the specified lubricant amount to each
C/V joint.
(1) Clean the C/V joints and shaft of all old grease
and foreign matter.
(2) Slide the inner C/V joint boot up the shaft and
insert the lip located within the small-diameter end
of the boot into the shaft groove (Fig. 7).
(3) Retain the small–diameter of the boot on the
shaft with a ladder-type clamp in the boot groove
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wheel speed sensor, if