7 lbf ft
- Make
- Land Rover
- Model
- Defender 90 Workshop Manual (NAS)
- Section
- Repair › 7 lbf ft
Front axle and final drive7 lbf ft
Refit
- Clean stub axle and drive shaft and fit hub assembly to axle.
- To check drive shaft end play, mount a dial gauge using bracket LRT-99-503and rest pin in a loaded condition on end of drive shaft.
- Fit a suitable bolt to threaded end of drive shaft. Move drive shaft in and out noting dial gauge
- If end play requires adjustment, remove circlip,
- Fit spacing washer.
- Fit hub adjusting nut. Tighten to 50 Nm, 37 lbf ft.
- Remove bolt from drive shaft, fit circlip and dust
Ensure hub is free to rotate with no bearing play.
- Back off adjusting nut 90fl and tighten to 10 Nm,
- Fit brake disc shield and brake caliper. Tighten
. This will give the required hub end float
7 lbf ft
of 0,010mm, 0.0004 in.
- Bleed brake system.
- Fit a new lock washer.
- Fit locknut. Tighten to 50 Nm, 37 lbf ft.
- Fit road wheel, remove axle stands and tighten
- Tab over lock washer to secure adjusting nut and locknut.
- Operate footbrake to locate brake pads.
- Fit a new joint washer to driving member and fit member to hub. Tighten bolts to 65 Nm, 48 lbf ft.
- Fit original drive shaft shim and secure with a circlip.
reading. End play should be between 0,08 to 0,25 mm, 0.003 to 0.010 in.
measure shim thickness and fit an appropriate shim to give required end-play.
cap.
fixings to 82 Nm, 60 lbf ft. See BRAKES, Repair, Brake system bleed
road wheel nuts to 130 Nm, 95 lbf ft.
Parts & tools for this job For Land Rover Defender
- TOOLTorque wrenchSearch: 3/8 inch torque wrench
- TOOLSocket setSearch: socket set metric
- BOOKHaynes manualSearch: Haynes manual Land Rover Defender
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