terrygirl

Hello Mike,

My husband just did it!! Removed the hub that is.... I have a 99 Q4 audi,,, How did he do it... only took 3 hours,, 4 beers, 1 finger and alot of cussing!!! now for the wheelbearings..... lol

Terry

I would be shocked to hear you have to remove the entire carrier. Seems to me you should be able to disconnect the axle through the differential. I know on the Cadillac I had, I opened the pumpkin and easily disconnected the axles there then just pulled them out. Exhaust stuff always worries me as those parts are difficult to work with unless you are replacing everything. Denny

Ok, I just took the wheel off to have a look and you do have to removethe drive shaft as it blocks access to two of the hub bolts.

That still leaves two questions:

1. Can you remove a drive shaft without first removing a tail pipe, and

2. Having removed the driveshaft, can you not then in bolt the hub and pull it off the carrier?

This would avoid having to remove:

1. Suspension lower arms 1 & 2,

2. Upper suspension arm,

3. Toe rod, and

4. Shock absorber lower mounting.

What is the point? All those ball joints can be so tiresome to seperate and refit.

If anyone has done the job I'd love to hear from you.

Regards,

Mike