DIY CV and Swivel Hub Rebuild Thread

[MudRunnerTD]

First crack the wheel nuts and then jack the front of the car up and put it on jack stands. You can do one side at a time if you like though and if you just jack up one side then likely you will get away without having to drain the front diff as all the Diff oil will be down the other end.

If you have smashed a CV or it s time for a change then drain the front diff oil before you jack the car up.

For the rebuild featured in this thread i had some company and my good friend Danny from 4WDTV was doing the drivers side while i did the passenger side. Cheers Danny!







in this case i had smashed a CV the weekend before so the whole lot was coming out and cleaned and rebuilt. the Oil was contaminated by broken CV so was out of there.





The diff drain plug told the story!



A comfortable chair for the win!



So the brakes need to be taken off and put out of the way. from memory a 22mm socket will get this done. a couple of zip ties to tie it up out of the way works too.







undo the allen keys holding the locking hubs on and it can simple be dropped off. a slight tap with a rubber mallet might be needed if they were glued on before.







Cir-Clip pliers are also very very handy and $15 from Bunnings will get you a good set to do the job.

Take off the Cir-clip off the end of the stub axle. You can see the Cir-Clip on the end of the stub axle in the pic above

So using some multi grips take off the Drive Clutch and you will expose the lock nut. In the pic my locknut had undone and came out too..... Not ideal!! Glad i was stripping it.



using some pliers grab the edge of the "Egg Ring" spacer and remove.



i had to use 2 pair of pliers to remove this as it was a little stubborn.





next remove the lock nut from the top. If you have a GU then you will be looking at a Round Lock nut with 2 x phillips head locking screws. undo the screws and remove the lock nut.

underneath the lock nut on a GQ is the brass locking ring you bend to limit the movement on the nuts. (this is what did not work and allowed my top nut to undo in the other pic.)





Out comes the retaining plate and the outer wheel bearing.



Off comes the whole disk. Note that the inner wheel bearing is inside the disk housing.