Removing
1. We prepare the car for work (see «Preparing the car for maintenance and repair»).
2. Remove the engine mudguard (see «Mudguard of the engine - removal and installation»).
3. Drain the oil from the gearbox (see «Gearbox - oil change»).
4. Remove the wheel trim and loosen the hub nut.
5. Loosen the wheel bolts (see «Wheel replacement»).
6. Install the car on a secure stand and remove the front wheel (see «Wheel replacement»),
7. We loosen the tightening of the three bolts of the upper support of the suspension strut and unscrew the nuts a few turns (see «Front suspension strut - removal and installation»).
8. Using an 18 mm socket wrench, unscrew the nut of the ball joint pin (see «Front suspension arm - removal and installation»).
9. Using a 30 mm socket wrench, finally unscrew the wheel hub nut (see «Front wheel bearing - replacement»).
10. We remove the shank of the outer hinge from the hub. If necessary, knock it out through a soft metal drift...
...or press out with a universal three-jaw puller (see «Front wheel bearing - replacement»).
Comment. 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, avoiding strong tension on the brake hose, we pull the lower part of the strut outward, remove the shank of the outer hinge from the hub and carefully lower the drive onto the transverse suspension arm.
12. Using the mounting spatula as a lever (resting its end against the end of the body of the internal hinge), we shift the hinge to the outside, overcoming the resistance of the retaining ring.
13. Supporting the inner hinge, carefully (being careful not to damage the drive seal with the splines of the joint shank) remove the hinge from the gearbox and remove the drive assembly from the car.
Similarly, we remove the drive of the other wheel.
Installation
1. Replace the retaining ring of the splined shank of the inner hinge housing with a new one.
2. Apply grease to the splined and smooth surfaces of the shank.
3. Carefully insert the shank into the stuffing box, being careful not to damage the working edge of the stuffing box with the splines of the shaft. At the same time, we direct the retaining ring with the gap up.
4. Vigorously insert the drive into the gearbox and be sure to make sure that the retaining ring of the inner joint shank is securely fixed and the drive does not move out of the gearbox housing.
5. We carry out further work in the reverse order of disassembly.
Warning! When assembling, a new hub nut must be installed.
After installing the wheel, finally tighten the hub nut to a torque of 226-247 Nm.