Vanden Plas L6-3.6L (1988)
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Fit and align the tool/race to the hub assembly and using a press fully seat bearing race to the hub.
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Remove the replacer tool.
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Reposition the hub assembly in the press.
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Fit the new bearing race to the replacer tool.
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Fit and align the tool/race to the hub assembly.
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Using the press, fully seat the bearing race to the hub.
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Fit and align the hub assembly to the vice and tighten.
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Apply grease to the bearings and fit new bearing to the fulcrum tube.
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Fit minimum thickness of shim to the fulcrum tube bearing.
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Fit and align tube/bearing assembly to the hub carrier.
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Fit and align the remaining bearing to the tube/hub.
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Fit and align the fulcrum shaft.
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Fit and fully seat the remaining shim to the tube.
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Fit a suitable piece of tube to seat onto the shim.
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Fit and tighten the cross shaft securing nut to fully seat shim onto the cross tube.
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Remove the shaft securing nut.
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Remove the tube.
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Fit a suitable flat washer to the shaft, fit and tighten the shaft securing nut.
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Using feelers, measure and note the gap between the shim and the washer.
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Remove the shaft securing nut.
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Remove the washer and displace the cross shaft.
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Using suitable drift displace the cross tube from the shims.
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Retrieve shims and measure, placing aside. Select new shims and measure.
NOTE equal size shims to be used to give 0.003" pre-load.
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Fit new shims to the cross tube.
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Fit and align the cross shaft.
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Fit and align suitable tube.
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Tighten the shaft securing nut to fully seat shims onto cross tube.
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Undo and remove the nut - remove tube.
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Carefully displace the cross shaft from the tube.
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Open the vice, removing the hub assembly.
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Reverse the remaining removal procedure to refit.
SERVICE TOOLS
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JD 1D Hub remover
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JD 550-6 Bearing race replacer
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18G 134 Driver handle
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18G 284 Impulse extractor
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18G 284 AAH Bearing track remover
TORQUE FIGURES
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Brake disc to hub 11-16 Nm
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Caliper to carrier 55-62 Nm
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Fulcrum shaft nut 70-80 Nm
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Halfshaft to hub 300-320 Nm
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Wheel nut to wheel stud (STEEL WHEEL) 65-85 Nm
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Wheel nut to wheel stud (ALLOY WHEEL) 88-102 Nm
SPANNER SIZES
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15mm