We prepare the car and install it on a lift or an inspection pit.
We unscrew the wheel securing bolts on the side being worked on and remove the wheel.
With the hammer handle we push out the decorative cap of the wheel rim.
We remove the decorative cap.
We put the wheel back in place and secure it with two opposite bolts.
We lower the car onto the wheels and apply the parking brake.
With a 30 mm socket we loosen the wheel hub bearing securing nut, the assistant must then press the brake pedal.
After that, we jack up and remove the wheel.
We disconnect the track rod end from the steering knuckle.
We remove the front wheel speed sensor.
We remove the disc and the brake mechanism backplate.
We bring the ball joint pin out of the opening in the steering knuckle.
We disconnect the shock absorber strut from the steering knuckle.
We remove the steering knuckle with the hub from the splined shank of the outer joint body of the wheel drive.
We remove the knuckle with the arm.
We separate the knuckle from the ball joint.
With a Torx T-30 key we unscrew three screws securing the brake backplate and remove the backplate.
We rest the steering knuckle on the jaws of a vice. Striking the end face of the hub through a mandrel, we press the hub out.
In this case the inner bearing race located closer to the hub flange remains on the hub. We clamp the hub flange in the vice.
We insert a chisel between the end face of the inner bearing race and the hub shoulder.
Striking the chisel with a hammer, we shift the inner bearing race along the hub.
Into the gap we insert the jaws of a puller and pull the inner bearing race off the hub.
We remove the bearing circlip from the groove in the steering knuckle.
With a cup puller we press the bearing out of the steering knuckle.
The bearing can also be pressed out by striking.
To do this we rest the knuckle on the jaws of the vice and, striking the end face of the inner bearing race through a mandrel or a socket of suitable size, press the bearing out of the knuckle.
Before installing the bearing we clean the seating opening in the steering knuckle and the groove for the circlip.
With a file we clean off the hub the nicks from the chisel.
The bearing must be installed so that its protective washer of dark colour made of magnetic material faces the speed sensor.
We press the bearing in, applying force through the puller cup to the outer bearing race and resting the puller on the knuckle.
After pressing the bearing in we install the circlip into the groove in the knuckle.
We press the hub into the bearing, resting the puller on its inner race.
After that we install all the parts in the reverse order.
