Attention! We carry out work when replacing the hinge, its cover and lubrication.
Removing the drive from the car (see Removing the front wheel drives).
When replacing the cover, we clean the hinge from the outside and clamp the shaft in a vise with soft metal jaw pads.
With pliers we squeeze the small clamp by the protrusions and, prying with a screwdriver, we disconnect it.
Remove the large clamp in the same way.
We shift the protective plastic casing and rubber boot along the shaft.
We clean and wipe the end part of the hinge from the old grease.
Through a soft metal drift, we knock down the hinge, striking at the end of the clip.
The punch must not apply force to the cage or balls to avoid damaging them.
We remove the hinge.
The hinge is fixed on the shaft with a retaining ring located in the groove at the end of the shaft.
Pry off the retaining ring with a screwdriver...
...and take it off.
We separate the rubber protective cover and the plastic casing.
Taking off the cover..
... and a casing.
To replace the thrust ring..
... remove it with tongs.
Install the hinge in reverse order.
When installing the old hinge, we first clean it of grease.
Having cleaned the shaft, we apply a thin layer of new SHRUS-4 grease and put a casing and a new cover on the shaft. Install a new retaining ring on the shaft.
We put 60 cm into the hinge cavity3 SHRUS-4 lubricants.
Through a soft metal drift we press the hinge onto the shaft.
We put a cover on the hinge body. Installing new clamps (before tightening the clamps, we release excess air from the cover by prying off the landing belt of the cover with a screwdriver).