Using a Ball Joint splitter, remove the steering rods

Remove the brake calipers -

and tie securely out of the way

The Free Wheeling Hubs have a small screw which you need to undo

Inside there is a thin nylon strip which holds it in place. Using a narrow screwdriver you can hook this out -

and the cap will come away

TUsing Circlip pliers, remove the circlip from the end of the half shaft

Loosening the driveing Member bolts can be tricky, we used a bar to hold the hub stationary and to give extra leverage

with all 5 bolts remove the drive member comes away

This exposes the locknuts and lock washer

With a hub spanner, remove the first lock nut, the lock washer and the second lock nut

The hub assembly will now come away

Revealing the stub axle assembly

Undo the 6 bolts holding this in place and remove

Next loosen and remove the swivel housing bolts from the end of the axle

Let the residue of axle oil drain away -

and clean up the surface ready for fitting a new gasket

Strip down the swivel housings and inspest all the bearings, pins, surfaces and oil seals

Refit the pins, with new gaskets, shims and bearings and tighten

Check the swivel load. With the swivel housing, using a spring balance you can check the force required to move the steering arm.

Clean up the surfaces

TIP: If you can, see if you can buy a selection of shims on a sale-or-return basis from your parts dealer. There's nothing more frustrating than finding you need a different shim to the ones you've already got - and your vehicle is out of action so you cannot drive to get another one! Similarly with your oil seals and bearings, to buy everything would cost a fortune, but if you find you need it and you haven't got it is very annoying.

Fit a new Oil Seal inside the stub assembly

Fit a new Swivel Oil Seal

We decided to fit new Rubber Giters from BAILCAST (see separate review here)

The gaiters are spilt, allowing you to fit the without stripping dow the hubs and glue them together once in place. But as we already had the hubs off we glued the ends together prior to fitting

While the glue dried, we fitted a new gasket -

then stretched the gaiters over the stub assembly

The Gaiters are very pliable and easily fitted into place

Once in position fit a new swivel seal retaining plate -

and bolt down

Apply the gaiter clamp (supplied) you could use a jubilee clip if preferred

All new parts fitted and new gasket in place

Re-fit Swivel Housing and half shaft. When re-assembling the stub assemblies you must use Nut locking Compound on all bolts

Position the stub assembly over the shaft and secure with 6 bolts.

Cleaning up the hub assembly and inspecting the brake discs

New bearing fitted in place and packed with grease

New bearing fitted to the rear of the hub assembly - again packed with grease

New Oil seal fitted and drifted firmly into place (it's a tight fit)

Hub assembly re-fitted

Lock nuts tightened, lock washer replaced and secured, and the second lock nut refitted and tightened.

We fitted a new Driving Member and gasket (in place of the Free Wheeling Hubs we removed)

Refit the shims and circlip into the groove on the end of the half shaft and refit hub cap

Refit Brake Calipers and new brake pads if required