Pic. 14.39. Drive shafts for vehicles with petrol engines: 1 - nut for fastening the drive shaft, 216-255 Nm; 2 - ball joint of the lower arm; 3 - ball joint of the tie rod end; 4 - left drive shaft (car with 1.3 liter engine); 5 - spring cylindrical pin (car with 1.3 liter engine); 6 - Right drive shaft (car with 1.3 liter engine); 7 - drive shaft (car with 1.8 l engine); 8- split retaining ring (car with 1.8 l engine)
Pic. 14.40. F9Q1 diesel engine drive shafts: 1 - nut for fastening the drive shaft, 216-255 Nm; 2 - ball joint of the lower arm; 3 - ball joint of the tie rod end; 4 - left drive shaft; 5 - bearing bracket clamp; 6 - intermediate shaft and right drive shaft; 7 - bearing bracket
Removing
Warning. On vehicles with ABS, when removing and installing the drive shaft, be careful not to hit the ABS sensor rotor located on the BJ constant velocity joint housing, otherwise it will be damaged.
- Loosen the front wheel nut. Apply the parking brake, then raise the front of the vehicle and support it on stands. Remove the corresponding front wheel.
- On a vehicle with an F9Q1 engine, remove the lower engine mudguard.
- On a vehicle with ABS, disconnect the connector, remove the bolt and remove the front wheel speed sensor (see fig. 14.8).
- Turn away nuts and get bolts of fastening of the stabilizer of cross-section stability to the bottom levers.
- Using a special tool to prevent rotation of the hub, unscrew the drive shaft fastening nut (see fig. 14.9).
Warning. After loosening the nut securing the drive shaft to the front wheel hub, do not install the car on the wheels, otherwise the hub bearing will be damaged.
- Remove the cotter pin and loosen the nut securing the ball joint pin of the tie rod end to the steering knuckle.
Warnings
- Do not loosen the nut securing the ball joint pin of the tie rod end to the steering knuckle. To prevent damage to the threads on the ball joint pin, use the special tool MB991113 or MB990635.
- To prevent falling of the special tool MB991113 or MB990635, fix it with a cord on the front suspension strut.
- Install special tool MB991113 or MB990635 as shown in figure 14.10, while making sure that the jaws of the tool are parallel. Turn the special tool bolt to push the tie-rod end ball joint pin out of the steering knuckle, then loosen the nut and remove the ball joint pin from the steering knuckle.
- Loosen the nut, remove the bolt and lower arm ball joint pin from the steering knuckle.
- Using a special tool attached to the hub, press the drive shaft out of the front wheel hub (pic. 14.41).
Pic. 14.41. Using a special tool to extrude the drive shaft from the front wheel hub
- On a car with a 1.3 liter engine, remove the bolt (left drive shaft), knock out the split spring roll pin (right drive shaft) and remove the drive shaft from the gearbox
- On a vehicle with a 1.8L engine, insert a pry bar between the driveshaft inner CV joint and the gearbox and lightly tap the pry bar to remove the driveshaft from the gearbox (pic. 14.42). Use the pry bar very carefully so as not to damage the hinge and the gearbox housing. Do not insert the pry bar very deep, so as not to damage the differential seal. Do not pull on the drive shaft as this will damage the CV joints TJ.
Pic. 14.42. Using a pry bar to remove the drive shaft from the gearbox
Note. When loosening the drive shaft fastening nut, the hub bearing must not be loaded eecoih of the vehicle. However, if you need to move the car to another location (the bearing must be loaded with the weight of the car), temporarily tighten the nut of the special tool, as shown in Figure 14.43.
Pic. 14.43. Using special tools to temporarily fix the hub on the bearing
Installation
- Installation is carried out in the reverse order of removal, taking into account the following.
- After applying multipurpose grease to the spline of the right drive shaft of the 1.3L engine, align the split pin hole on the end of the drive shaft with the split pin hole on the transmission end of the shaft, and then install the drive shaft.
- If the split pin hole is slightly misaligned, rotate the right drive shaft 180°and then try to install it again.
Warning. Because the drive shaft has an odd number of splines, the pin hole will be offset by half the diameter if the shaft is rotated 180°.
- Apply MITSUBISHI GENUINE PART MD970389 or similar to the split spring pin and then insert it into the drive shaft.
- After installing the pin, apply MITSUBISHI GENUINE PART MD970389 sealant to both sides of the pin hole to completely seal them (pic. 14.44).
Pic. 14.44. Places for applying sealant when attaching the right drive shaft to the gearbox on a car with a 1.3 liter engine
- Install a washer under the driveshaft-to-hub nut as shown figure 14.12.
- Using a torque wrench, tighten the nut securing the drive shaft to the hub to the required torque, while holding the hub from turning with a special tool.
Warning. Before tightening the driveshaft-to-hub nut, make sure that the front wheel hub bearing is not loaded by the weight of the vehicle.
- On a vehicle with ABS, install the front wheel speed sensor, secure it with the bolt, and connect the electrical connector.
- Install the stabilizer bar and tighten the self-locking nut so that the stabilizer mounting bolt protrudes 22 mm above the nut.