Removing Front Fixed Hub

[Banshee]

I've removed Autos loads of times before but swapping my discs tonight on the Terrano and I can't get the manual hub off :S

I've removed all 6 nuts but it won't budge :S :doh

What am I doing wrong, please help, car is in the air

 

[Madmark]

They'll be rusted a bit burls as mine we're just need to knock cap of and get some wd40 in there. There's nothing else holding it If bolt/nuts are out

 

[solarman216]

fixed hubs also have a circlip on the shaft, under the domed cap, Rick

 

[AlexD333]

fixed hubs also have a circlip on the shaft, under the domed cap, Rick

Yeah, bloody things :doh

 

[Madmark]

Oh crap yeah I forgot about that sorry

 

[Sweety]

Very easy to do Banshee as you've mentioned take the 6 nuts off & if the cover is stuck you should be able to pry the cover loose with a screwdriver (a gental tap with a hammer might also help to free the cover), had to do this when I had to adjust my hub bearing, once the cover off it's basically the same as the earlier ones with auto hub. Can't remember if I removed a circlip or not on mine

 

[AlexD333]

Black cap off, then circlip (don't loose it as it will go flying) :lol

Then is the adjuster plate if I remember right :nenau

 

[Banshee]

I sussed it out in the end

There is a black cap on the end that you have to get a flat head under the lip and prize it out, looks like it's not been removed in a long long time as both sides were seized solid :doh

Was going to do an AutoHub swap in place of the fixed hubs but I didn't have anything to extract the threads out :doh What can I use to do that?

Reason I had to new discs and pads swap was because I was on the way back from James' yard on Monday and strangely my brake pedal went straight to the floor and there was a funny clunk noise. Pumped the pedal again and I had brakes back :nenau

Got home and decided to investigate as by this time I had a grinding noise from one of the front wheels. I jacked the front up and spun the two wheels and it was evident that the passengers side was the issue as this was where the grinding noise was coming from.

It appears that I'd lost a brake pad!!!!!!!
It had worn that thin that it had fell out which explains the loss of pedal pressure, when pumped the pistons then extended further than usual and the pistons were actually making contact with the rear of the brake disk acting as a pad, miraculously the piston ends were undamaged and just needed a slight filing to remove some very small burs that had built up.

I've been very lucky in the fact that I 1. didn't crash and 2 haven't damaged the pistons :doh

It appears that one of the slider pins was seized solid and would not allow the carrier to move at all, drivers side pads were pretty much 3/4 left however the passengers were both down to the disc which is why it fell out :doh Weirdly though the car wasn't pulling to one side.

I've now serviced the slider pins on both sides, 150 grit followed by 200 grit, followed by very fine emery cloth then a generous helping of Copper Grease

Both side now operating as they should

May that be a lesson to you all!!! CHECK YOUR BRAKES

 

[trophymick]

Was going to do an AutoHub swap in place of the fixed hubs but I didn't have anything to extract the threads out :doh What can I use to do that?

I used two nuts on the studs, they came out easy.:thumb2

If you're not familiar, you spin a couple of nuts on one of the studs, tighten them together (nice and tight) and then put a spanner on the nut nearest to the hub and undo.:thumbs