{"id":163,"date":"2026-01-08T13:47:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planetzapp.de\/rip\/?p=163"},"modified":"2026-01-08T13:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:47:27","slug":"opel-frontera-b-remove-rear-axle-shaft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rustinpeace.rocks\/rip\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/opel-frontera-b-remove-rear-axle-shaft\/","title":{"rendered":"Opel Frontera B – Remove rear axle shaft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here is a step by step tutorial for removing the rear axle shafts on a Opel\/Vauxhall Frontera B (1998\u20132004). We also made a YouTube video for this if you prefer watching it as a video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. remove the 6 wheel nuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    2. disconnect the brake line from the brake caliper. Note that brake fluid will leak out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    3. loosen the retaining screws on the brake caliper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    4. remove the brake caliper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    5. loosen the retaining screws on the brake caliper bracket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    6. after you removed the brake caliper bracket, remove the brake drum\/disk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    7. Next, remove the brake shoes by unhooking the spring retainers…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    …unkooking the upper springs…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    …removing the upper bracket…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    …and unkooking the emergency brake cable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    8. To remove the emergency brake cable (inside view on next picture)…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    …loose the two screws on the backside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    9. Use a hammer and gently hammer (from inside to outside) the brake anchor plate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    10. As soon as a small gap appears, the axle can be carefully loosened with a screwdriver or crowbar. Always hammer carefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    11. Now you can pull the axle out. CAUTION: if you have not drained your differential, oil might be leaking out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Here is a step by step tutorial for removing the rear axle shafts on a Opel\/Vauxhall Frontera B (1998\u20132004). We also made a YouTube video for this if you prefer watching it as a video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rustinpeace.rocks\/rip\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rustinpeace.rocks\/rip\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rustinpeace.rocks\/rip\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rustinpeace.rocks\/rip\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rustinpeace.rocks\/rip\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rustinpeace.rocks\/rip\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274,"href":"https:\/\/www.rustinpeace.rocks\/rip\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions\/274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rustinpeace.rocks\/rip\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rustinpeace.rocks\/rip\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rustinpeace.rocks\/rip\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rustinpeace.rocks\/rip\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}