- 1). Park your vehicle in an area that is flat, preferably on concrete. Apply the emergency brake, and block both sides of the rear wheels. Jack up the front of the vehicle and se jack stands or blocks for additional support of front end. Remove the front wheel of the vehicle.
- 2). Unscrew the bleeder screws on calipers. Use channel lock pliers to squeeze the brake caliper pistons. Keep constant pressure on the caliper at all times. When the caliper is depressed enough to move freely, retighten the bleeder screw. Use the special caliper bolt driver to remove bolts on the brake caliper.
- 3). Use a hub bolt driver to remove bolts from outer hub. Take off the small snap ring from the inner hub assembly, then the large locking ring. Use needle-nose pliers to pull out the hub. Use axle nut socket to remove the retaining nut. Remove the keeper with needle-nose pliers. Remove inner nut with an axle nut socket.
- 4). Remove the rotor by sliding it off axle. Be careful to not drop the outer wheel bearing as you remove the rotor. Remove the nuts that hold the spindle and the backing plate. Remove the spindly by gently tapping on the spindle flange; this completes the removal of the hub assembly.
- 5). Remove cotter pins from castle nuts on the upper and lower ball joints. Remove cotter pins from the castle nut on the drag link joint and the drag link connection. Use a ball joint separator to separate the drag link connection from the steering arm. Remove castle nuts from both ball joints. Use a ball joint separator and a hammer to detach the upper and lower ball joints. Remove the snap rings that connect ball joints to the knuckle by carefully tapping them with hammer. The ball joints can now be removed from the steering knuckle.
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