Swivel pin housing assembly

Swivel pin housing assembly

22. Remove brake disc shield bracket.
23. Disconnect track-rod end ball joint from housing.
24. Disconnect drag-link ball joint.
25. Disconnect jump hoses from brake jump hose bracket.
26. Remove road speed sensor.
27. Remove 6 bolts securing oil seal and retaining plate to swivel pin housing. Prise seal from swivel pin housing.

• NOTE: Oil seal and retaining plate cannot
• be removed until swivel pin bearing
• housing is removed.

28. Remove 2 screws securing brake damper/shield bracket, and lower swivel pin to housing.
29. Withdraw lower swivel pin and joint washer by

Fit swivel pin housing

tapping protruding lug.

30. Remove top swivel pin retaining bolts complete
44. Grease and fit lower swivel pin bearing to

with brake jump hose bracket.

31. Remove top swivel pin and shims.
45. Place swivel pin housing in position over swivel
32. Remove swivel pin housing while retrieving lower taper bearing.
46. Using a new joint washer, fit lower swivel pin

Swivel pin bearing housing

47. Fit a new sensor bush and new oil seal, lip side
33. Remove 7 bolts securing swivel pin bearing housing to axle case.
48. Lubricate with a recommended oil and fit top
34. Remove and discard oil seal and joint washer.
35. Remove lower swivel pin bearing track.
49. Coat threads of top swivel pin bolts with Loctite
36. Remove top swivel pin bush housing assembly. Discard two thrust washers and bearing.
37. If worn, pitted or damaged, renew swivel pin
50. Coat threads of lower swivel pin screws with

bearing housing.

38. Fit a new lower swivel pin bearing track.
39. Fit a new bush and bush housing. Ensure
51. Tighten top swivel pin and brake jump hose

relieved lip of bush housing faces towards rear, as shown.

40. With seal lips trailing press axle shaft oil seal

Check and adjust preload on bearings

flush into rear of housing. Grease lips.

41. Fit new thrust washers and bearing into top
52. The preload on bearings to be

swivel pin bush.

42. Hang swivel pin bearing housing oil seal and retainer plate over back of housing. Ensure they are in correct assembly order.
43. Fit a new joint washer and secure swivel pin bearing housing to axle. Starting with top fixing dowel bolt. Tighten to 72Nm, 52 lbf ft.
53. To take a reading use special tool

bearing housing.

pin bearing housing.

with lip outboard. Do not secure with screws at this stage.

leading to top swivel pin.

swivel pin with existing shims.

542. Fit bolts and jump hose bracket (do not tighten).

Loctite 270 and fit, together with damper and shield bracket. Tighten to 25 Nm, 18 lbf ft.

bracket securing bolts to 65 Nm, 50 lbf ft.

0,25 to 0,30 mm,

0.010 to 0.012 in without swivel housing oil seal and axle fitted, and reading from centre of swivel pin. The torque required to turn swivel assembly from lock to lock to be 2.0 to 2.8 Nm, 1.5 to 2.0 lbf ft. Adjust by removing or adding shims as necessary.

LRT-57-024torque test adaptor, with a torque wrench and extension as shown.