REMOVAL

1.Remove tire with power tool. Refer to Exploded View.

2.Remove brake hose bracket. Refer to Exploded View.

3.Remove caliper assembly. Hang caliper assembly in a place where it will not interfere with work. Refer to Exploded View (GT-R certified NISSAN dealer).

4.Remove disc rotor. Refer to Removal and Installation (GT-R certified NISSAN dealer).

5.Remove cotter pin, then loosen wheel hub lock nut with a power tool.

6.Patch wheel hub lock nut with a piece of wood. Hammer the wood to disengage wheel hub and bearing assembly from drive shaft.
■ CAUTION ■

- Never place drive shaft joint at an extreme angle. Also be careful not to overextend slide joint.
- Never allow drive shaft to hang down without support for counterpart such as joint sub-assembly, and the other parts.

NOTE：
Use a suitable puller, if wheel hub and bearing assembly and drive shaft cannot be separated even after performing the above procedure.

7.Remove wheel hub lock nut.

8.Remove parking brake shoe and parking brake cable from back plate. Refer to Exploded View, Exploded View (GT-R certified NISSAN dealer).

9.Remove stabilizer connecting rod (upper side). Refer to Exploded View.

10.Set suitable jack under axle housing.

11.Remove cotter pin of suspension arm, and then loosen mounting nut.

12.Separate shock absorber from axle housing with power tool. Refer to Exploded View.

13.Separate suspension arm from axle housing so as not to damage ball joint boot using ball joint remover (commercial service tool).
■ CAUTION ■

- Temporarily tighten nuts to prevent damage to threads and to prevent the ball joint remover from coming off.
- Never place drive shaft joint at an extreme angle. Also be careful not to overextend slide joint.
- Never allow drive shaft to hang down without support for counterpart such as joint sub-assembly, and other parts.

14.Separate front lower link from axle housing. Refer to Exploded View.

15.Separate rear lower link from axle housing. Refer to Exploded View.

16.Separate radius rod from axle housing. Refer to Exploded View.

17.Remove wheel hub and bearing assembly.

18.Remove anchor block mounting nuts, and then remove anchor block and back plate from axle housing.

INSTALLATION
Note the following, and install in the reverse order of removal.

- When assembling the shaft, never press it, but pull it until fully seated by tightening the wheel hub lock nut.

- Check that anticorrosive oil is applied to the thread of the drive shaft. If not, apply appropriate oil such as engine oil.
- If sufficient oil is not applied to the thread of the drive shaft, the wheel hub lock nut may be seized and the tightening torque reaches the specified limit prematurely. It may cause looseness or abnormal noises.
- Clean the matching surface of drive shaft and wheel hub and bearing assembly, and then apply paste [service parts (440037S000)] to flat surface (A) of joint sub-assembly of drive shaft.
  ■ CAUTION ■
  Apply paste to cover entire flat surface of joint sub-assembly of drive shaft.

  Amount paste | : 0.2 – 1.0 g (0.007 – 0.035 oz)

- Install drive shaft using tightening torque of wheel hub lock nut. Refer to Exploded View.
  ■ CAUTION ■
  Be sure to use torque wrench to tighten the wheel hub lock nut. Never use a power tool.
- Perform the final tightening of each of parts under unladen conditions, which were removed when removing wheel hub and bearing assembly and axle housing.
- Never reuse cotter pin, ball seal and bushing.