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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: bandit86 on February 04, 2004, 09:42:15 AM
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I took the locking hubs off but there is a clip that I cant get off and my manual does not cover it. I took the 4 little screw out but what it screws into does not come out.
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Found this in my book today.
Sidkick/X-90/Vitara/Tracker Models
Remove the front wheel bearing lock plate by removing the four screws
Remove the front wheel bearing lock nut and thrust washer.
Remove the hub assembly from the spindle.
Use a screwdriver to pry out the inner bearing seal.
Using a snap ring pliers, remove the wheel bearing snap ring followed by the bearing assembly. it my be necessary to have the bearing assembly pressed from the hub.
Haynes manual 1986-2001
Hope this helps
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yes, I have that. but on my tractor, after I remove the 4 screws and remopve the plate, there is something else that is on there that the little plate screws in that I cant take off. I'm guessing it should just slide off, it is keyed. The Locknut and thrust washer would be behind that.
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I see no mention of a key way? The way I'm reading this after you remove the screws and lock nut ect. it should just slide out. I mean there is no mention of a plate keeping you from the thrust washer and lock nut.
Is this a 93 or later model? I'm sure you read that they are sealed bearings right?
Tell ya what if there is no answer soon let me know and I'll call my brother who works at GM proving grounds and see what he can dig up.
He usuall calls me in the mornings so I'll just go ahead and have him ask.
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its not a real keyway, it looks like the cutout for a keyway, keeps the thrust washer from spinning.
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Did you by chance remove the whole hub housing?
It looks like they remove the whole thing to get to the rest of the guts... damn manuals! so friggin confusing. >:(
I will make a phone call to Milford...let ya know what I find out
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just remove the 6 bolts in the hub, don't
take the hub apart, there is a snap ring
that keeps the axle stub from moving,
remove it with snap ring pliers, now the
axle spindle nut will come off and the
bearings will come out.
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Thats what I was trying say it looks like in the book Wildgoody. damn cheap books and vague instructions and fuzzy pics >:(
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If you did not understand it from Wilds post, the peice that the washer screws into (donut with lots-o-holes) screws out and is loaded with crazy anount of ft# to hold the bearings. If you do not have the bearing wrinch (an expensive special tool from Suzuki) get one, the retaining nut is almost impossible to break loose without one. I could not find one locally, so we modified a Heep socket to work.
Zig
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Like Zig said, What the 4 screws, screw into is a big nut. It takes a special socket to remove.
And if I remember right you have to torque it down to 55 flb when you put it back together.
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Aww crap, I better go check mine cause
I know it ain't that tight, I need to repack
the wheel bearings before Moab anyway,
I can't remember the last time I did it
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hows it going
I got a tool made by a machinest friend of mine
their is really no other way to get these off unless you buy the tool I know that you can buy it from the dealer but you have to get the part number out of the mechanics shop manual because they won't know what you are talking about and will tell you they don't sell tools. the wheel bearings should be torqued to about 125ft/lb
I can get the part number for you tonight but right now I am at school.
Hope you get it off
I had to wait 3weeks for the tool
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If you did not understand it from Wilds post, the peice that the washer screws into (donut with lots-o-holes) screws out and is loaded with crazy anount of ft# to hold the bearings. If you do not have the bearing wrinch (an expensive special tool from Suzuki) get one, the retaining nut is almost impossible to break loose without one. I could not find one locally, so we modified a Heep socket to work.
Zig
You got a pic of the socket you made?
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Right from a 1996 GM Tracker Manual. J/E Platform:
GM tool ( J 37763 )
Wheel Bearing Locknut: 155 lb. ft. (210 Nm)
As for the "J" tool. I took the nut off with a punch. I then found an old socket that was just smaller that the holes in the nut. I then got some drill rod that fit the holes and welded them around the socket. Need to make the "legs" short. I first made them with longer rods/leg and just bent them. I then cut them so that the socket sits on the nut and the rods dont come out the other side.
It works great for me.
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155 Ft Lb !!! Dang, you got to leave room for the grease !!
that seems way too tight, I know mine are not that tight.
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Hawk will rent the socket.
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I know, I freeked out the first time I read that and did it??? ??? ???
For those who havent done front bearings before say an a GM car. You pack the bearings with grease tighten down the retainer nut while turning the hub snug. Then back it off and tighten by hand untill you can get a pin through a hole in the locking nut.