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Removing and installing outer joint of the drive shaft (as of CW 12 2008)
Removing and installing outer joint of the drive shaft (as of CW 12 2008)
Special tools and workshop equipment required
t  Extractor -MP6-425 (3283)-
t  Polycarbamide grease -G 052 142 A2 -
Removing:
–  Unscrew twelve-point nut for securing the drive shaft → Chapter
–  Remove front wheel.
   
–  Unscrew the nuts -arrows-.
–  Remove track control arm from steering joint.
–  Swivel out the wheel-bearing housing with the suspension strut and take the drive shaft out of the wheel-bearing housing. Tie up drive shaft.
  Note
t  The drive shaft must not hang down! The inner joint can be damaged by excessive offset.
  S40-0262
t  If the drive shaft cannot be pulled out of the wheel-bearing housing, e.g. for removal use the extractor -MP6-425 (3283)-
Installing:
  Note
Remove possible corrosion and grease residue from the thread and from the serration of the outer joint as well as from the serration of the wheel-bearing housing.
–  Grease the serration on the propeller shaft with polycarbamide grease - G 052 142 A2-.
   Do not grease thread on the outer joint of the drive shaft.
–  Grease the serration in the wheel-bearing housing with polycarbamide grease -G 052 142 A2 -.
–  Slide the outer joint into the serration of the wheel-bearing housing.
–  Secure the outer joint of the drive shaft with a new twelve-point nut.
  Note
t  Use new nuts to screw the track control arm/steering joint.
t  Make sure the steering joint boot is neither damaged nor twisted.
  S40-0178
–  Screw steering joint to the track control arm -arrows-.
–  Tighten new twelve-point nut for securing the drive shaft → Chapter
–  Tighten wheel.
–  Perform a test drive.
  Caution
If after the test drive and with the front wheels pointing straight ahead the steering wheel is off straight, perform a chassis alignment → Chapter.
  S40-0262
Tightening torques:
Twelve-point nut for securing the drive shaft to wheel hub
t  Use new nut!
t  Do not grease thread of the outer joint of the drive shaft.
50 Nm + 45°
Steering joint to track control arm
t  Use new nuts!
40 Nm + 45°
Wheel bolts → Chapter

   

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