Nissan Maxima. Manual - part 659

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FRONT DRIVE SHAFT

CAUTION:

Do not reuse cotter pin.

• Install new circlip on drive shaft in the circular clip groove on transaxle side. Refer to 

FAX-19, "Disassembly

and Assembly (RH)"

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CAUTION:

Make sure the new circlip on the drive shaft is securely fastened.

• In order to prevent damage to differential side oil seal, place Tool

(A) onto oil seal before inserting drive shaft as shown. Slide drive

shaft into slide joint and tap with a hammer to install securely.

CAUTION:

Make sure that circlip is completely engaged.

• When installing support bearing bracket, hand tighten the bolts, then tighten to specified torque.

INSPECTION AFTER INSTALLATION

1. Check wheel alignment. Refer to 

FSU-6, "Inspection and Adjustment"

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2. Adjust neutral position of steering angle sensor. Refer to 

BRC-6, "ADJUSTMENT OF STEERING ANGLE

SENSOR NEUTRAL POSITION : Special Repair Requirement"

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Tool number (A) : KV38107900 ( — )

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UNIT DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY

FRONT DRIVE SHAFT

Disassembly and Assembly (LH)

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DISASSEMBLY

Transaxle Side

1. Mount front drive shaft in a vise.

CAUTION:

When mounting shaft in a vise, always use copper or aluminum plates between vise and shaft.

2. Remove boot bands and slide the boot back.
3. Remove circlip and dust shield from slide joint housing.
4. Put matching marks on slide joint housing and shaft before separating slide joint assembly.
5. Remove stopper ring with a suitable tool, then pull out slide joint

housing.

1.

Circlip

2.

Dust shield

3.

Housing

4.

Snap ring

5.

Spider assembly

6.

Stopper ring

7.

Boot band

8.

Boot

9.

Shaft

10. Damper band

11. Dynamic damper

12. Circlip

13. Joint sub-assembly

: Wheel side

: Fill using NISSAN Genuine grease or equivalent.

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FRONT DRIVE SHAFT

6. Put matching marks on spider assembly and shaft.

7. Remove snap ring using a suitable tool, then remove spider

assembly from shaft.

8. Remove boot from shaft.
9. Clean the old grease off of the slide joint assembly.

Wheel Side

1. Mount the front drive shaft in a vise.

CAUTION:

When mounting shaft in a vise, always use copper or aluminum plates between vise and shaft.

2. Remove boot bands and slide the boot back.
3. Screw a sliding hammer or suitable tool 30 mm (1.18 in) or more

into threaded part of joint sub-assembly. Pull joint sub-assembly

out of shaft.

CAUTION:

• Align sliding hammer or suitable tool and drive shaft then

remove joint sub-assembly by pulling directly.

• If joint sub-assembly cannot be removed after five or

more unsuccessful attempts, replace the entire drive shaft

assembly.

4. Remove boot from shaft.
5. Remove circlip from shaft.
6. While rotating ball cage, clean the old grease off of the joint sub-assembly.

Damper

• Remove damper bands, then remove damper from shaft.

INSPECTION AFTER DISASSEMBLY

Shaft

• Replace shaft if there is bending, cracking, or other damage.

Joint Sub-assembly

• Make sure there is no rough rotation or unusual axial looseness.

• Make sure there is no foreign material inside joint sub-assembly.

• Check joint sub-assembly for compression scars, cracks or fractures.

CAUTION:

If there are any irregular conditions of joint sub-assembly components, replace the entire joint sub-

assembly.

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Slide Joint Housing

• Make sure there are no compression scars, cracks or fractures or unusual wear of ball rolling surface.

• Make sure there is no damage to shaft screws.

• Make sure there is no deformation of boot installation parts.

Ball Cage

• Make sure there are no compression scars, cracks, fractures of sliding surface.

Steel Ball

• Make sure there are no compression scars, cracks, fractures or unusual wear.

Inner Race

• Check ball sliding surface for compression scars, cracks or fractures.

• Make sure there is no damage to serrated part.

CAUTION:

If there are any irregular conditions in the component, replace with a new set of joint sub-assembly,

ball cage, steel ball and inner race.

Damper

• Check damper for cracks or wear. Install damper with new damper bands.

ASSEMBLY

Transaxle Side

1. Install new boot and new small boot band on shaft.

CAUTION:

• Cover drive shaft serration with tape to prevent damage to

boot during installation.

• Do not reuse boot band and boot.

2. Remove protective tape wound around serrated part of shaft.

3. Install spider assembly securely, making sure the matching marks which were made during disassembly

are properly aligned.

4. Install new snap ring using a suitable tool.

CAUTION:

Do not reuse snap ring.

5. Pack drive shaft with specified amount of new grease (Genuine

NISSAN Grease or equivalent).

6. Install new stopper ring to housing of slide joint assembly.

CAUTION:

Do not reuse stopper ring.

7. After installation, pull shaft to check engagement between slide joint assembly and stopper ring.

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Grease quantity : Refer to 

FAX-26, "Drive Shaft"

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