Front Wheel Drive — Removal and Installation (VAZ-2114)

To complete the work you will need:

inspection pit or overpass;
new hub nut;
new inner joint tailstock retaining ring.

Removal

1. Prepare the car for work (see "Preparing the car for maintenance and repair".)

2. Remove the engine splash guard (see "Engine Mudguard - Removal and Installation").

3. Drain the oil from the gearbox (see "Gearbox - Oil change").

4. Remove the hub cap and loosen the hub nut (see "Front Wheel Hub Bearing - Replacement").

5. Loosen the wheel mounting bolts (see "Wheel - replacement").

6. Place the car on a secure stand and remove the front wheel (see "Wheel - replacement").

7. Loosen the three self-locking nuts securing the upper support of the suspension strut and unscrew the nuts a few turns (see "Front suspension strut - removal and installation").

8. With a socket wrench by 17 mm unscrew the two bolts securing the ball joint to the steering knuckle (see "Ball joint of the rack - removal and installation").

9. With a socket wrench by 30 mm finally unscrew the wheel hub nut (see "Front Wheel Hub Bearing - Replacement").

10. Remove the outer joint tail from the hub. If necessary, knock it out using a wooden block or press it out using a universal three-jaw puller (see Fig. "Front Wheel Hub Bearing - Replacement").

Note: When removing the left drive, turn the steering wheel all the way to the right; when removing the right drive, turn the steering wheel all the way to the left.

11. Remove the brake hose from the bracket on the suspension strut. Carefully, without allowing strong tension on the brake hose, pull the lower part of the strut outward, remove the tail of the outer hinge from the hub and carefully lower the drive onto the transverse suspension arm.

12. Using a mounting blade as a lever (resting its end against the end face of the inner hinge housing), we move the hinge to the outside, overcoming the resistance of the retaining ring.

13. While supporting the inner hinge, carefully (being careful not to damage the drive seal with the splines of the hinge tailstock) we remove the joint from the gearbox and remove the drive assembly from the car.

Installation

1. Replace the retaining ring of the splined tailpiece of the inner joint housing with a new one.

2. Apply plastic grease to the splined and smooth surfaces of the shank.

3. Carefully insert the shank into the seal, trying not to damage the working edge of the seal with the shaft splines. At the same time, direct the retaining ring with the gap upwards.

4. Vigorously insert the drive into the gearbox and make sure that the retaining ring of the inner joint tailstock is securely fixed and the drive does not extend out of the gearbox housing.

5. We carry out further work in the reverse order of disassembly.