Quest V6-3.5L (VQ35DE) (2009)
Front Steering Knuckle: Service and Repair
FRONT WHEEL HUB AND KNUCKLE
Removal and Installation
REMOVAL
1. Remove wheel and tire from vehicle using power tool. Refer to See: Wheels and Tires/Service and Repair/Conventional Tire And Wheel.
2. Without disassembling the hydraulic lines, remove brake caliper using power tool. Reposition it aside with wire. Refer to See: Brakes and Traction
Control/Disc Brake System/Brake Caliper/Service and Repair/Front Disc Brake.
NOTE:
Avoid depressing brake pedal while brake caliper is removed.
3. Put alignment marks on disc rotor and wheel hub and bearing assembly, then remove disc rotor.
4. Remove wheel sensor from steering knuckle. Refer to See: Brakes and Traction Control/Antilock Brakes / Traction Control Systems/Wheel Speed
Sensor/Service and Repair/TCS/ABS/Wheel Sensors (TCS/ABS), See: Brakes and Traction Control/Antilock Brakes / Traction Control
Systems/Wheel Speed Sensor/Service and Repair/VDC/TCS/ABS/Wheel Sensors (VDC/TCS/ABS).
CAUTION:
Do not pull on wheel sensor harness.
5. Remove cotter pin, then remove lock nut from drive shaft using power tool.
6. Remove steering outer tie-rod cotter pin at steering knuckle, then loosen nut using power tool. Refer to See: Steering Gear/Service and
Repair/Removal and Replacement,