Contents: Removal 🠛 Installation 🠛
Removal
Drain the oil from the gearbox.
Place the vehicle on a two-post lift.
Remove the engine oil pan guard and the left front wheel.
Disconnect the wire connector from the wheel speed sensor.
Unscrew the hub nut using the tool (Rou. 604-01), the nut securing the pin of the steering rod end and the nut securing the pin of the upper ball joint of the anti-roll bar.
Unscrew the lower reaction rod mounting nut.
Compress the suspension by approximately 10 cm. Remove the ball joint of the suspension arm.
Loosen the steering knuckle support mounting bolts.
Unload the suspension by raising the lift by 50 cm. Remove the subframe reinforcement bar.
Separate the steering knuckle from the support using hammer blows.
Remove the seal and cut the hatch at the points shown by the arrow in the figure.
Remove the plastic rivets from the hatch cover.
Loosen the shock absorber support mounting bolt.
Instead of the bolt, screw in an M8x30 bolt so that the head does not protrude by 20 mm.
Remove the shock absorber support mounting bolts.
Move the shock absorber strut - spring - steering knuckle assembly to the side.
Remove the wheel drive shaft from the hub.
Disconnect the wheel drive shaft from the gearbox.
Installation
Without removing the protective cover, apply MOLYKOTE 8R2 grease to the splines of the inner joint tailstock.
Insert the splined shank of the inner joint of the shaft into the axle gear.
Connect the wheel drive shaft to the hub.
The shaft tail must freely enter the gear to a length sufficient to tighten the hub nut.
Installation is carried out in the reverse order of removal.
Insert the mounting tab into the socket.
Fill the gearbox with oil and bring its level to the norm.
Tighten to the specified torque:
- shock absorber support mounting bolts (21 Nm);
- bolts for fastening the steering knuckle to the support (72 Nm);
- nut for fastening the ball joint pin of the suspension arm (100 Nm);
- brake caliper guide pin mounting bolts (170 Nm);
- nut for fastening the ball joint pin of the anti-roll bar (44 Nm);
- nut for fastening the ball joint pin of the steering rod end (37 Nm);
- hub nut (280 Nm);
- wheel bolts (130 Nm).
Article reprinted from the website: RenaultBook