peened into place. Take the car directly to
a suitably-equipped garage, and have
them fit and tighten the new nut for you.
(c) On cars equipped with ABS brakes, refit
the wheel speed sensor as described in
Chapter 9.
3 Front hub bearing -
renewal
3
1 Remove the steering knuckle from the car
as described in the previous Section.
2 Support the steering knuckle on blocks with
the hub flange facing downwards. Using a
hammer and socket, or tube, in contact with
the inner edge of the hub flange, drive the
flange out of the hub bearing (see
illustration). Alternatively, if a press is
available, support the steering knuckle on the
press bed and press the hub flange out (see
illustration).
3 As the hub flange is withdrawn, one of the
bearing inner races will come away with it,
and must now be removed. To do this,
engage the legs of a two-legged puller under
the inner race and draw it off. It may be easier
to do this if a horseshoe-shaped strip of metal
is placed under the inner race, to give the
puller legs greater purchase (see illustration).
4 With the hub flange removed, undo the four
screws and remove the disc shield.
5 Using circlip pliers, extract the bearing
retaining circlip from the steering knuckle.
6 Support the steering knuckle face-down on
blocks, or on the press bed as before, and
with the tube or mandrel in contact with the
edge of the outer bearing, drive or press the
bearing out (see illustration).
7 Fit the new bearing in the same way,
ensuring that it is pressed fully home to the
shoulder in the steering knuckle (see
illustration). Keep the bearing square as it is
fitted, otherwise it will jam and continued
pressure could cause the outer race to crack.
If the bearing does jam, tap or press it out,
remove any burrs in the bore of the steering
knuckle and try again.
8 Secure the bearing with the circlip, then
refit the disc shield.
9 Support the bearing inner race on a socket
or tube, and drive or press the hub flange into
place (see illustration).
10 The steering knuckle can now be refitted
to the car as described in the previous
Section.
4 Steering knuckle balljoint -
removal and refitting
3
Removal
1 Remove the steering knuckle from the car
as described in Section 2.
2 Extract the balljoint retaining circlip and
remove the dust cover (see illustration).
Suspension and steering systems 10•5
3.2b . . . or preferably support the steering
knuckle on a press bed and press the hub
flange out using a mandrel
3.2a Remove the hub flange using a
socket or tube in contact with its outer
edge (arrowed) . . .
2.14 Tighten the new driveshaft retaining
nut fully only when the weight of the car is
on the roadwheels
4.2 Balljoint retaining circlip (arrowed)3.9 Fitting the hub flange to the new
bearing
3.6 Removing the hub bearing from the
steering knuckle
3.3 Using a puller and horseshoe-shaped
strip of metal to draw off the bearing inner
race from the hub flange
10
1380 Rover 800 Series Remake
3.7 Fitting the new hub bearing to the
steering knuckle
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