Re-use Ford laminated driveshaft nutes?

On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:36:54 +0100, Georg von Krapp wrote:


'driveshaft nutes'?

On the assumption that you mean the rear wheel hub retaining nut, does
the particular Fiesta you own have the four bolts in the brake back-plate
that allow removal of the brake drum and hub as a single assembly?

If so, that is the correct way to remove the drum for brake inspection.
The single wheel bearing used on those is not designed to be disturbed,
except for replacement.

Chris

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Oops!


Thanks.  I'll assume that it has.  It does seem odd to have to dismantle the
bearing just for an inspection.

On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:05:59 +0100, Georg von Krapp wrote:

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Any help?

http://bit.ly/SLnAMs

The beauty of doing it this way is that the hub is not in the way when
you replace everything.

If working a a car that is new to me, I take and print a digital photo as
soon as the drum is off.

Chris

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Not sure till I get a chance to look at it.  It's not the same variant as
mine, because I don't have the spare wheel hanging underneath like that.
But you never know - the hub may be similar.  Mine's a 2003 Zetec 1.4 (Mk5
or Mk6, depending on what you're reading).

On 20/07/2012 14:59, Chris Whelan wrote:

Chris, I cannot remember the exact details now, but when I took off the
hubs to check the rear drum shoes of our 2003 1.6 Focus, 'the backplate'
(possibly similar to fig.5) was held by rivets which had rusted through
and it came off in my hand (honest).

Hope this doesn't happen to the OP.

David