Ford Festiva. Manual — part 9

Installation

1. Lubricate bearings with appropriate wheel bearing grease. Place inner bearing into steering knuckle. Install new inner bearing grease

seal, and drive seal into place using appropriate seal installer.

2. Place original outer wheel bearing preload spacer (or spacer selected during preload inspection process) into steering knuckle bore.

Place outer wheel bearing into steering knuckle bore.

3. Liberally lubricate lip of NEW outer grease seal with appropriate lubricant. Drive seal into steering knuckle bore. Install brake rotor on

hub axle hub. Tighten bolts to 33-40 ft. lbs. (45-54 N.m). Position rotor/hub assembly into steering knuckle, and press assembly into
place using adapter from spacer selector set. To complete installation, reverse removal procedure.

REAR WHEEL BEARINGS

Removal & Installation

1. Raise and support rear axle. Remove wheel. Remove wheel bearing dust cap. On Capri, remove rear brake caliper. See REAR BRAKE

CALIPER & PADS under REMOVAL & INSTALLATION. On all models, carefully unstake rear axle lock nut using a chisel. DO NOT
damage threads on axle spindle. Remove and discard axle nut.

2. On Capri, remove rotor/hub assembly. On Festiva, remove brake drum/hub assembly. On all models, DO NOT allow outer wheel

bearing to fall out of hub. Remove inner bearing grease seal. Remove inner bearing. To install rear bearings, reverse removal procedure.
Adjust rear wheel bearings. See REAR AXLE BEARINGS under ADJUSTMENTS.

OVERHAUL

Fig. 5: Exploded View of Front Brake Assembly (Capri)

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17

0.2726 (6.925)

18

0.2742 (6.965)

19

0.2758 (7.005)

20

0.2774 (7.045)

21

0.2789 (7.085)

NOTE:

See

Fig. 5

-12 for exploded views of brake assemblies and components.

Fig. 6: Exploded View of Front Brake Assembly (Festiva)

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Fig. 7: Exploded View of Rear Brake Caliper (Capri)

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Fig. 8: Exploded View of Rear Brake Assembly (Festiva)

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Fig. 9: Exploded View of Rear Wheel Cylinder (Festiva)

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Fig. 10: Exploded View of Power Brake Booster (Festiva)

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Fig. 11: Exploded View of Master Cylinder (Capri)

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