c. Remove Spring Clips (fig. 1-5). Remove the
4-8. Axle Removal
spring clip nuts and lockwashers and lift spring
a. Remove Wheel and Hub and Drum Assembly
clips from axle. Spring clip plate will remain
fastened to shock absorber.
vehicle and support the frame, using jack stands or
d. Remove Axle. Carry out procedures a .
horses if available, so that the wheels will just clear
through c. above for the other wheel and pull out
the floor. Remove the wheels (para 4-26); remove
axle.
the six capscrews and lockwashers holding the hub
e. Disassemble Hub and Drum Assembly.
cap and gasket to the hub. Remove the cap and
g a s k e t . Place the parking b r a k e in released
three machine screws holding the brake drum to the
position. Remove the wheel bearing locknut using
hub. The drum can now be removed from the hub
nut wrench (1, fig. C-22) as shown in figure 4-1.
by placing the drum on a bench or on a piece of
After straightening t h e lockwasher behind it,
wood on the floor, rim down, and tapping the hub
remove the lockwasher. Remove the wheel bearing
with a lead or plastic mallet.
adjusting nut using wrench (1, fig. C-22), as shown
(2) Remove oil seal and inner bearing cone
in figure 4-1. Remove plain washer. Pull the hub
and brake drum assembly off the axle, being careful
from the hub by tapping the bearing cone lightly
to keep the wheel outer bearing cone from falling to
from the opposite end of the hub with a wooden.
the floor. The wheel inner bearing cone and the oil
plastic, or soft metal drift.
seal will come off with the hub and brake drum
assembly.
Insert the bearing cup remover and replacer (2, fig.
b. Remove Brake Assembly. Remove the cotter
C-22) as shown in figure 4-4, into the wheel hub
pin and clevis pin from the brake lever on the rear
behind the bearing cup to be removed. Spread the
of the brake backing plate (fig. 1-7). Loosen the
two halves apart and insert the remover and
clamp, at the axle flange, holding the brake cable
replacer screw (3, fig. C-22), as shown in figure 4-4,
assembly, by loosening the nut. Pull the cable
The screw should be inserted through the hub)
forward from the clamp, compressing the cable
opening from behind. The screw serves to expand
spring (fig. 1-7). When the conduit portion of the
the remover and provides an extension for tapping.
cable has cleared the clamp, slip the cable through
Using a plastic or lead mallet, tap on the screw and
the clam p opening. Remove the six nuts, lock-
force the clip out of the hub.
washers, and capscrews fastening the backing plate
to the axle flange (fig. 4-3). The brake assembly
can now be removed from the axle.
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