K
TIlE
FRONT
SUSPENSION---
Section
K.12
REMOVAL
AND
REPLACEMENT OF
THE
BRAKE~DRUM
AND
HUB
Prise off
the
hub cover by inserting
the
flattened end
of
the
wheel nut spanner in
the
depressions provided
adjacent
to
the
cover holding studs and giving a side-
ways
twist-not
a radial movement.
Slacken
the
wheel stud nuts.
Raise
the
car until
the
wheel to be
operated
on is
clear of
the
ground.
Unscrew
the
stud nuts and remove
the
wheel.
The brake-drums are attached to
the
wheel hubs by
countersunk-headed screws.
the
inner ends of which
Fig. K.7.
Removing
the
front
hub Inner bearing
with
an extractor.
are
riveted over. These screws must
not
be dis-
turbed
and a complete brake-drum and hub assembly
must be used for replacement. The brake-drum.
complete with hub. must be removed
to
give access
to
the
brake-shoes. In some cases
the
hub and brake-
drum
are
cast in
one
piece.
Remove
the
split pin from the stub axle
nut
and
unscrew
the
nut, remembering
that
the
axle on
the
left-hand side of
the
car has a left-hand
thread.
Remove
the
grease retaining disc and felt washer.
Place
the
hub
extractor
(SpecialTool, Part No. 68822)
in position over
the
wheel studs and replace
the
stud
nuts
to
retain it in position. Use
the
central
extractor
screw
to
Withdraw
the
brake-drum and hub assembly.
The inner ball race bearing spacer and oil seal will
remain on
the
stub axle and must be withdrawn with
the
aid of a separate
extractor
of
the
type
shown in
K.8
Fig. K.7; this is
the
special service
extractor
Part No.
68895 (see Section
Q). Care must be taken
not
to
damage
the
oil seal at
the
rear
ofthe
bearing.
Important.-When
the
front
hub has been removed
the
Inner bearing,
011
seal and hub distance washer
must
be removed from
the
stub
axle and replaced in
the
hub before It is refitted
to
the
stub
axle. If the
hub is pressed on
the
shaft
without
first fitting the
bearing and oil seal
to
It,
the
Inner bearing will re-
enter
its housing
but
the
oil seal will only be pushed
farther from its
correct
position.
SMtion
K.13
REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT HUB
If all grease has been cleaned from
the
hub and
the
bearings washed for examination,
ensure
that
they
are
repacked with grease before
the
hub is reassembled.
Replace
the
bearing spacer
with
the
chamfered side
towards
the
small
outer
bearing and
then
press
the
large bearing into position. Replace
the
oil seal and
Fig. K.B.
The
correa
location of the lack when jatking up the
front
suspension.
distance washer.
The
metal face of
the
oil seal and
the
recessed side of
the
distance washer are fitted
away from the bearl ng.
Replace
the hub on
the
stub axle shaft and fit a new
felt washer. Refit
the
grease retai ner and replace
and tighten th e hub nut.
Section
1{.14
REMOVING
AND
REPLACING THE
FRONT COIL
SPRING
Jack up
the
(rant
end of
the
car until
the
wheels are
clear of
the
ground. using a suitable jack placed
under
the
centre
of
the
front
cross-member.
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