• Never place drive shaft joint at an extreme angle. Also be careful not to overextend slide joint.
• Never allow drive shaft to hang down without support for joint sub-assembly, housing assembly

and the other parts.

NOTE:
Use suitable puller, if wheel hub and bearing assembly and drive shaft cannot be separated even after
performing the above procedure.

Remove wheel hub lock nut.

Remove strut assembly from steering knuckle. Refer to

FSU-9, "Exploded View"

10. Remove drive shaft from transaxle assembly.

• Use the drive shaft attachment (A) [SST: KV40107500 (

—

)] and a sliding hammer (B) while inserting tip of the drive

shaft attachment between housing assembly and transaxle
assembly.

CAUTION:

• Never place drive shaft joint at an extreme angle when

removing drive shaft. Also be careful not to overextend
slide joint.

• Confirm that the circular clip is attached to the drive

shaft.

INSTALLATION

Note the following, and install in the reverse order of removal.
• Always replace differential side oil seal with new one when installing drive shaft. Refer to

TM-170, "AWD :

Exploded View"

13. Snap ling

14. Dust shield

15. collor

16. Link shaft

17. Support bearing bracket

Oil seal lip

: Wheel side

1: Fill NISSAN Genuine grease or equivalent.

2: Apply paste [service parts(440037S000)].

3: Appy multi - purpose grease.

Refer to

GI-4, "Components"

for symbols not described on the above.

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FRONT DRIVE SHAFT

• Place the protector (A) [SST: KV38107900 (

—

)] onto transaxle

assembly to prevent damage to the oil seal while inserting drive
shaft. Slide drive shaft sliding joint and tap with a hammer to install
securely.

CAUTION:

Make sure that circular clip is completely engaged.

• Clean the matching surface of wheel hub lock nut and wheel hub and bearing assembly.

CAUTION:

Never apply lubricating oil to these matching surface.

• Clean the matching surface of drive shaft and wheel hub and bearing assembly.

CAUTION:

Apply paste [service parts (440037S000)] to cover entire flat
surface (A) of joint sub-assembly of drive shaft.

• Never use a power tool to tighten the wheel hub lock nut.
• Perform the final tightening of each of parts under unladen condi-

tions, which were removed when removing wheel hub and bearing
assembly and axle housing.

• Never reuse cotter pin.

RIGHT SIDE

RIGHT SIDE : Removal and Installation

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REMOVAL

Remove tires with power tool.

Remove wheel sensor and sensor harness. Refer to

BRC-110, "FRONT WHEEL SENSOR : Exploded

View"

Remove lock plate from strut assembly. Refer to

BR-22, "FRONT : Exploded View"

Remove caliper assembly. Hang caliper assembly not to interfere with work. Refer to

BR-36, "BRAKE

CALIPER ASSEMBLY : Exploded View"

CAUTION:

Never depress brake pedal while brake caliper is removed.

Remove disc rotor. Refer to

BR-37, "BRAKE CALIPER ASSEMBLY : Removal and Installation"

Remove cotter pin, and then loosen wheel hub lock nut with power tool.

Patch wheel hub lock nut with a piece of wood. Hammer the wood to disengage wheel hub and bearing
assembly from drive shaft.

CAUTION:

• Never place drive shaft joint at an extreme angle. Also be careful not to overextend slide joint.
• Never allow drive shaft to hang down without support for joint sub-assembly, housing assembly

and the other parts.

NOTE:
Use suitable puller, if wheel hub and bearing assembly and drive shaft cannot be separated even after
performing the above procedure.

Remove wheel hub lock nut.

Remove strut assembly from steering knuckle. Refer to

FSU-9, "Exploded View"

10. Remove drive shaft from wheel hub and bearing assembly.

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Amount paste

0.2 – 1.0 g (0.008 – 0.035 oz)

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11. Remove drive shaft from link shaft.

• Use the drive shaft attachment (A) [SST: KV40107500 (

—

)] and a sliding hammer (B) while inserting tip of the drive

shaft attachment between housing assembly and link shaft
assembly.

CAUTION:

Never place drive shaft joint at an extreme angle when
removing drive shaft. Also be careful not to overextend
slide joint.

12. Remove bearing housing mounting bolts.

13. Remove link shaft assembly from support bearing bracket.

14. Remove support bearing bracket, follow the procedure

described below.

Remove front exhaust tube. Refer to

EX-5, "Exploded View"

Remove three way catalyst (bank 1) and heated oxygen sensor harness bracket. Refer to

EM-38,

"Exploded View"

Remove support bearing bracket.

INSTALLATION

Note the following, and install in the reverse order of removal.
• Always replace differential side oil seal with new one when installing link shaft. Refer to

TM-170, "AWD :

Exploded View"

• Place the protector (A) [SST: KV38107900 (

—

)] onto transaxle

assembly to prevent damage to the oil seal while inserting lonk
shaft. Slide link shaft sliding joint and tap with a hammer to install
securely.

• Install support bearing bracket (1) in following procedure,
- Temporarily tighten mounting bolts (A), then tighten them to speci-

fied torque.

- Temporarily tighten mounting bolts (B), then tighten them to speci-

fied torque.

• Apply NISSAN genuine grease to drive shaft serration (link shaft side), and install drive shaft onto link shaft.

• Clean the matching surface of wheel hub lock nut and wheel hub and bearing assembly.

CAUTION:

Never apply lubricating oil to these matching surface.

• Clean the matching surface of drive shaft and wheel hub and bearing assembly.

CAUTION:

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Standard

: 1.5 – 2.5 g (0.053 – 0.088 oz)

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FRONT DRIVE SHAFT

Apply paste [service parts (440037S000)] to cover entire flat
surface (A) of joint sub-assembly of drive shaft.

• Never use a power tool to tighten the wheel hub lock nut.
• Perform the final tightening of each of parts under unladen condi-

tions, which were removed when removing wheel hub and bearing
assembly and axle housing.

• Never reuse cotter pin.

WHEEL SIDE

WHEEL SIDE : Disassembly and Assembly

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DISASSEMBLY

Fix shaft with a vise.

CAUTION:

Protect shaft using aluminum or copper plates when fixing with a vise.

Remove boot bands, and then remove boot from joint sub-assembly.

Screw drive shaft puller (A) into joint sub-assembly screw part to
a length of 30 mm (1.18 in) or more. Support drive shaft with one
hand and pull out joint sub-assembly with a sliding hammer (B)
from housing assembly.

CAUTION:

• Align a sliding hammer and drive shaft and remove them

by pulling firmly and uniformly.

• If joint sub-assembly cannot be pulled out, try after

removing drive shaft from vehicle.

Remove circular clip (1) from housing assembly.

Remove boot from housing assembly.

ASSEMBLY

Clean the old grease on joint sub-assembly with paper waste.

Fill serration slot joint sub-assembly with NISSAN genuine grease or equivalent until the serration slot and
ball groove become full to the brim.

CAUTION:

After applying grease, use a paper waste to wipe off old grease that has oozed out.

Install boot and boot bands to housing assembly.

CAUTION:

• Wrap serration on housing assembly with tape to protect the boot from damage.
• Never reuse boot and boot band.

Remove the tape wrapped around the serration on housing assembly.

Position the circular clip on groove at the housing assembly edge.

CAUTION:

Never reuse circular clip.
NOTE:
Drive joint inserter is recommended when installing circular clip.

Align both center axles of the housing assembly edge and joint sub-assembly. Then assemble housing
assembly with circular clip joint sub-assembly.

Amount paste

: 0.2 – 1.0 g (0.008 – 0.035 oz)

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