As well as the internal, the external hinge is replaced only as an assembly.
Remove the clamps from both ends of the rubber boot. Slide the cover from the hinge onto the shaft.
Clean the hinge and, finding the retaining ring on the shaft. remove it.
Fix the shaft in a vise and, hitting with a copper or aluminum hammer, knock the hinge off the shaft.
To install a new hinge, slide the rubber boot onto the axle shaft.
Apply half a dose of grease on each side of the hinge (serving is 90 g).
Place a spacer ring and a conical washer on the neck, with the large diameter directed towards the spacer ring. The position of both parts is shown in the section of the hinge in fig. 379.
Put a new retaining ring on the neck. Clamp the shaft in a vice and press the hinge onto the neck, hitting with a hammer (copper or aluminum) until the circlip engages in the groove on the inside of the hinge.
Put a rubber cover on the hinge and secure it with clamps. Before fixing the covers, they must be compressed to remove air from them.
Pay attention to the correct installation of the anti-vibration weight. The gap between the cone of the axle shaft and the end of the surface of the anti-vibration weight must be maintained (size «A» in fig. 380).
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