Front Hub - Datsun BLUEBlRD P 410 Series Service Manual

DISASSEMBLING
THE
FRONT
HUB
DISmantlIng
of the front hub fIrst
Jack
the
car
untIl the wheel
IS
clear of
the
ground
and then
place
blocks under
Independent
suspensIOn spnng
plate
Lower
the
car on
to the
blocks
Remove the wheel and the
screw
If the drum appears
to
bInd
on
the brake shoes The shoe
adjusters
should be slackened
Lever off the hub cap
and then
extract
the
splIt
pIn from the
spIndle
nut
USIng
a
box spanner
remove
the
spIndle nut
and
ease
flat washer
under
the
nut
clear of the axle thread
by carefully
USIng
a narrow
rod
lI1to
small holes
In turn
In
each SIde of
the spIndle
and
tappIng
the
race
lIghtly
WIth the
hub removed
outer
bearIng
can
be
dIsmantled
and
by
InsertIng
a
dnft
through
the
Inner
beanng
and
tappIng
the
out beanng
clear of the hub
The
Inner
bearIng
and
011 seal
can
then be
removed
by
InsertIng
the dnft from
the opposIte SIde of the hub
When
assemblIng
the hub the
Inner
beanng
race
should first
be Inserted
Into
the hub Pack the hub WIth recommended grease
Replace
the hub Oil seal
over
the
Inner
bearIng
Renew
the seal
If It
IS
damaged
any way
The hub
can now
be
replaced
on
the
spmdle Gently
tap
the
hub
Into
posItIon
untIl the
Inner race
bear
agamst
ehe shoulder
on
the
spmdle
Place the
spIndle
flat
washer Into
posItIon
and
screw
the
nut down
fInger tight
Spin
the whell and
examIne
the
reSIstance
TIghten
the
nut
A
slIghtly
Increased
resistance
to
the SpInnIng of the wheel WIll then
be notIced
The
beanngs are now preloaded
and the
splIt
pIn should be Inserted
to
lock the
nut
Tap
the
hub cap
to
the hub after
packIng
the cap WIth
grease
Replace
the brake drum
and
secure
WIth machIne
screws
It
IS Important
that
the
drum
IS
fully
home before thiS
screws IS tIghtened
and If
necessary
the drum
should
be pressed
In
poslt1on by tIghtenIng two
wheel nut RefIt the wheel and
nuts
are
best fInally tIghtened when
the
car IS
off the
fackIng
blocks
but
readjust
the
brake shoes If necessary before the
car IS
lowered
to
the
ground
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