Rear axle assembly on the left side was done

I continued to work on the assembly of the rear axle shaft on the left side.

I started from the installation of the new hub bearing. Method was in the same way as I did for the right side.

Insert the new hub bearing to the axle shaft, put the old bearing on it,

put the long pipe on the old bearing and insert the new bearing by hitting the pipe. The diameter of this pipe was just fitted to the hub bearing.

After installing the hub bearing, fix the hub bearing with the retainer nut.

Next was the replacement of the oil seal for the axle shaft.

The oil seal on the right side could be easily removed with a minus screwdriver, however the left side one was sticking.

Therefore, I looked for something in my garage that was good to remove the oil seal and I found the metal bracket that was used for constructing my garage. The oil seal could be removed using the metal bracket and a hammer.

In order to install the new oil seal I used the PVC pipe as a jig. This pipe also had same diameter as the oil seal , and I used this before when I installed the oil seal on right side.

Insert the axle shaft while paying attention not to scratch on the oil seal.

As the shaft was slowly inserted there was a point where the spline at the top end of the shaft was touching to the spline on the differential side. Then, find the spline matching position. If both splines are matched, the axle shaft goes into the differential smoothly.

Fix the hub and housing with nuts and the rear axle shaft was assembled.

Finally assemble the rear brake caliper.

Install the disk rotor and assemble the caliper.

The assembly of the rear axle shaft on the left side was finished. All the work was done very smoothly because I did the same for the left side. ☺︎

I should not forget to refill the differential oil later.

(My original blog was written on 8th Mar. 2009)

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