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AX-26 Axles, Transmission Shafts - Front Axle

Front axle
Change
1. Park the vehicle on a steady ground, enable the parking brake, and place the triangular wood in the
rear wheel position

2. Use two jacks to lift the front of the car, then place two brackets or the safety stool in the proper
position on the frame, and slowly lower the jack to put the weight on the safety stool or bracket.
Caution
Loosen the nut of front wheel with the nut wrench before lifting the vehicle.

3. Use a horizontal jack placed under the front axle, jack the front axle, with both sides of the tires off
the ground
4. Remove the fixing nuts of the left and right front wheel and remove front wheel

5. Remove the left and right front brake chamber assembly (see chapter BR "Brake system - Service
Brake (air pressure) - Front brake chamber, Maintenance")
6. Remove the left and right front wheel hub assembly (See Chapter AX Axles, Transmission Shafts -
Front Axle / Front Drive Axle - Front Axle - Front Wheel Hub, Service)
7. Remove the left and right front brake assembly (see chapter BR "Brake system - Service Brake (air
pressure) - Front wheel brake, Replacement")
8. Remove the left and right front steering knuckle assembly (See "Chapter ST Steering System -
Steering Mechanism - Steering knuckle, Maintenance")

9. Remove front axle assembly

a. Remove the u-bolt fixing nut of front plate spring, take
off the u-bolt of front plate spring, the front shock
absorber lower bracket, the front bumper block.
Caution
Do not damage the thread when dismounting

b. Lower the horizontal jack slowly and pull out the front axle assembly from the bottom of the vehicle.
10. Check the kingpin hole of the front axle steering
knuckle

a. Measure the inner diameter of knuckle hole at several
points on a plane perpendicular to the axis. If the
clearance between kingpin and pin hole is greater than
the wear limit or if the knuckle king pin hole is out of
round, repair should be performed and the oversized
knuckle king pin should be used.

Repair standard: 0.021~0.054mm
Wearing limit: 0.35mm

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