Removal Procedure
- Raise the vehicle until
the wheels are free to rotate. Refer to
Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle
in General Information.
- Remove the hub and rotor assembly. Refer to
Rear Hub and Bearing Replacement
.
- Remove the inner bearing and the oil seal.
3.1. | Lay the hub on a flat surface using a shop towel in order to catch
the bearing and the seal. |
3.2. | Use a brass drift to remove the bearing cup and the seal. |
- Remove the outer bearing cup with the brass drift.
- Drive the bearing and the cup from the hub.
- Clean the old sealing compound from the oil seal bore in the hub.
- Clean the bearing assemblies in a solvent using a stiff brush
to remove the old lubricant.
- Dry the bearings with compressed air. Do not spin the bearings.
- Clean the lubricant from the axle tube and from inside the hub.
- Clean the gasket material, if used, from the hub and the axle
shaft.
- Inspect the bearings for any wear, chipped edges or other damage.
Refer to
Bearings Inspection
.
- Check for any flat or rough spots on the rollers.
- Check the cups for any pits or cracks.
- Replace and discard the old oil seal.
- Pack the inner and the outer bearing with wheel bearing lubricant
GM P/N 1051344. Refer to
Fluid and Lubricant Recommendations
in Maintenance and Lubrication.
Installation Procedure
Tools Required
• | J 41107
Oil
Seal Installation Kit |
- Install the outer bearing
cup into the hub.
- Position the cup into the hub.
- Using a brass drift and a small hammer, alternately drive against
the opposite side of the cup edge to drive the cup in squarely. The cup must
seat firmly against the hub shoulder.
- Install the inner bearing cup.
- Using a brass drift and a small hammer, drive the cup into place
until it is seated against the hub shoulder.
- Install the inner bearing.
- Install the outer bearing.
- Install the new oil seal using the J 8092
and theJ 41107
.
- Install the hub and rotor assembly. Refer to
Rear Hub and Bearing Replacement
.
- Adjust the rear wheel bearings. Refer to
Wheel Bearing Adjustment
.
- Lower the vehicle. Refer to
Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle
in General Information.