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Shadow
8
Bentley
T
Series
Workshop
Manual
Section
54
REAR
HUBS,
STUB
AXLES AND
DRIVE-SHAFTS
Overhaul
Rear hub bearings-To renew
Hub unit-To remove
1.
Position the car on
a
ramp and securely chock
the front wheels.
2.
Disconnect the battery, located in the boot.
3.
Remove the wheel disc and loosen but do not
remove the wheel nuts.
4.
Using a hydraulic jack with an extension piece
and a hardwood block positioned beneath the final
drive differential casing, raise the rear of the car until
the wheels just clear the ramp.
3
6,
5.
Position blocks and the sill beams (RH 7820)
-
beneath the body sills. Place screw jacks beneath the
t&
trailing arms of the car.
6.
Lower the hydraulic jack from beneath the final
drive differential casing allowing the car to rest on the
sill
beams and supports.
7.
Remove the rear road wheels and place supports
beneath the brake discs.
8.
Disconnect the handbrake linkage from the
brake calipers (see Chapter G-Hydraulics for method
and special precautions to be taken).
9.
Remove the setscrews which secure the beating
caps to the yoke at the half-shaft universal joint.
Separate the universal joint from the hub yoke by
moving the half-shaft inward towards the final drive
differential unit
i.e. moving the ball and trunnion
joint further into its housing.
10. Using a length of strong cord or covered wire,
secure the half-shaft to the final drive cross-member.
This
will
prevent possible damage to the shaft when
the hub unit is removed.
11.
Steady the hub unit then remove the setscrews
securing the stub axle flange to the trailing arm. Note
the position and length of each setscrew to facilitate
assembly. Collect the brake linkage bracket which is
secured by two of the setscrews.
12. Remove the hub
unit
from the car.
Hub unit-To dismantle
1. Remove the setscrews securing the brake calipers
to the hub axle flange; remove the calipers.
2.
Remove the large nut securing the yoke to the
drive-shaft.
3.
Using the extractor beam (RH 8016),
in
conjun-
ction with the hydraulic ram (RH 8017) and extractor
bolt (RH
8018), remove the yoke from the tapered
drive-shaft and collect the key.
4.
Remove the setscrews securing the outer end of
the drive-shaft to the hub. Withdraw the drive-shaft
from the hollow stub axle.
5.
Unlock and remove the shrouded nut, and re-
move the key washer from the stub axle.
Remove the hub, complete with bearings, from the
stub axle; collect the chamfered distance piece.
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