Sunbeam ALPINE I SERIES: APLINE II SERIES, Workshop Manual

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3rd
re-issue
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TO
DISMANTLE AND REASSEMBLE
UNIT
(UNIT
ATTACHED
TO
CHASSIS)
To dismantle and reassemble the front hubs
(See Fig. 14)
Slacken the road wheel nuts.
Jack up the front end of the car (using a block of
wood under the front crossmember).
Remove the road wheel.
When removing centre-lock wheels it will be advis­
able to note the condition of the 0-rlng (synthetic
rubber sealing ring) positioned Just Inward of the
splines on the hub. This ring prevents lubricant
from the hub getting on to the brake disc.
WSM.124
Section F (Front Suspension)
Remove the disc brake cal I per, (See Section K,Brakes).
Remove the hub cap (2).
Remove the split pin from the castellated nut (3).
Remove the castellated hub retaining nut.
Remove the large special plain washer (4).
Pull the hub off the stub axle (6), at the same
time holding a hand under the hub to catch the
bearing cage of the outer taper bearing (7).
Remove the bearing cage of the Inner taper bearing
(8), and seal (10).
The outer shells for each of the hub bearings can
now be removed from the hub by tapping them
out with a suitable drift.
Fl1. 14. Exp/oded view of
components