First, raise and support your rear-wheel drive vehicle, then remove the wheel mounting nuts and the tire and wheel assembly to take out the steering knuckle. After that, unscrew the wheel speed sensor from the knuckle and gently remove the sensor head. Unhook the wheel speed sensor cable routing clip from the brake flex hose routing bracket and remove the screw connecting the bracket to the knuckle. Take out the front
Brake Rotor and next remove the nut from the outer tie rod end stud. Use Puller, Special Tool 9360, to take apart the tie rod stud from the knuckle. Back off the nut holding the upper ball joint stud to the knuckle so that it is even with the stud, as this will help stop any distortion as you continue. With care, push the Puller through so it goes past the seal boot and then separates the upper ball joint stud from the knuckle. Remove the nut from the upper ball joint stud at the end of the
Control Arm and loosen the nut attaching the tension strut ball joint stud to the knuckle just as you removed the earlier nut. Once more, watch out not to pull on the ball joint seal boot when you use the Puller to separate the ball joint stud from the knuckle. Take out the nut from the tension strut ball joint stud, then loosen the nut on the ball joint stud attaching to the lower control arm and only back it off slightly to keep it from bending. Pull the ball joint stud from the lower control arm using the puller and then take off the nut at the end of the stud that holds the ball joint to the knuckle. When you're done, take the knuckle off your vehicle. When you need to remove both the hub and bearing, take care not to harm the internal hub bore when you remove the dust cap, then unscrew the hub nut and free the hub and bearing from the knuckle spindle. Should you require it, unscrew the three jaws on the adjustment base and remove the protection shield from the knuckle.