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Servicing rear axle (vehicles with front wheel drive)
Reworking cap nut in side member, front wheel drive vehicles
If the threads of the cap nut in the side member are damaged, it must either be retapped or the cap nut must be drilled out.
When drilling out proceed as follows:
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‒ Remove rear axle.
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‒ Drill through damaged cap nut in the side member using a 10.2 mm ø drill from underneath.
Note:
Do not cant the drill when drilling.
Attention!
Wear protective goggles.
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‒ Cut new thread in the cap nut M 12 x 1.5.
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‒ Use new bolts N 102 060 01 (M 12 x 1.5 x 35) to secure the rear axle.
Note:
The tightening torque remains unchanged at 70 Nm.
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