This is the whole procedure I wrote when the suspension is in a C4, just use the parts you need.
Mart
There are various ways of doing this job but this is the way that worked for me, things are very tight and there is not much room to turn a wrench. With a little patience and some ingenuity I got the job done, there are a few tricks that make things easier, like using a two piece breaker bar to loosen things, this tool helps with applying torque where there is no room, I personally have an electric torque wrench which is a little larger than most air tools so there was no room for it the wheel well. I could not accurately give a time that it take to complete this job due to the fact that I am really cleaning the underside as well as replacing the rubber bushings with Polyurethane from "
Energy Suspension".
Rear Hub Replacement</SPAN>
1. Removal of the spindle nut - Tools, 36mm hub socket, T55 socket, (Get a hardened)
a) With the car on the ground remove the cotter pin and nut cap, then get the torque wrench and try to turn the nut (Good Luck) these things are torqued to 166 ft lbs +, or use a 4ft piece of pipe on the end of your "lifetime warranty wrench" and turn away.
b) Jack the car up take the wheel off, take the cotter pin and nut cap off, put the wheel back on, lower the car and then remove the nut with what ever method you prefer.
TIPS: Spray the spindle nut with Liquid wrench for a couple of days prior to trying to loosen.
2. Unhook emergency brake cable
3. Remove caliper and hang it out of the way (I think 19mm wrenches)
4. Remove rotor
5. Removing the three Torx bolt holding the hub on the knuckle. These are really tight to get at and require removal of the shock and movement of the spring in order to get the proper clearance for ease of removal, for the upper bolt you will have to jack the knuckle up to straighten the axle in order to get a wrench in there.
Jack up the leaf spring,and remove the bolt attaching the spring to the knuckle, I used a bottle jack with a think piece of rubber on top to protect the leaf spring.
6. Remove whole assembly from rear knuckle.
7. Clean everything as desired, and install in reverse order
Note: Put some grease or antisieze on the spindle splines
Note: Before final torque of the spindle nut put the wheels back on and lower to ground.
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Torque Specs:[/font]
- [font=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Spindle Nut = 166ft lbs (Auto) 200ft lbs(Manual) The Books does not say anything about the 200 ft lbs for the manual but consensus has it that this is best.[/font]
- [font=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]Brake Caliper</EM> = 60ft lbs upper, 40ft lbs lower[/font]
- Hub Bolts x 3 = [font=Arial, Arial, Helvetica]60ft lbs[/font]
