STEP 1 - Remove each wheel in turn. Remove the wheel and place
the wheel with the unseen inside part of the wheel facing up and the outside
surface flat to the ground.
Caution: Observe standard safety procedures recommended by vehicle manufacturer
when jacking the vehicle and removing wheels.
STEP 2 - *Please Note* Each Dust Shield is rotationally
different. Inspect to insure that each Dust Shield has a red arrow label clearly
indicating the direction of rotation.
Select a Dust Shield for the wheel you have placed on the ground so that the red
arrow will be rotating in the direction that the wheel will roll when the
vehicle is going forward.
STEP 3 - After selecting the appropriate rotation Dust Shield,
install the Dust Shield into the wheel. Do not install the Dust Shield on the
hub of the vehicle. Insert the
Dust Shield into the wheel so that the red arrow label faces up and all bolt
holes are properly aligned. Place the Dust Shield into the wheel applying firm
pressure evenly
along the outside circumference of the Dust Shield so that the Dust Shield will
be pushed down evenly into the wheel as far as possible. In some cases the
shield will have
a very tight fit in which case the shield should be pushed down evenly into the
wheel as far as possible using a reasonable amount of pressure.
The flat area of the Dust Shield should fit flush against the flat hub surface
of the wheel.
STEP 4 - With the Dust Shield placed into the wheel, inspect the Dust Shield to see that:
STEP 5 - Before returning the wheel to the ground, slowly rotate the wheel by hand and listen to insure that there are no scraping sounds.
If you notice a scraping sound, remove the wheel
and lay the wheel flat on the ground. Leave the Dust Shield in place and
carefully inspect the Dust Shield
to determine if there is a visible sign of scraping. If there is no sign of
scraping indicated on the Dust Shield, the scraping sound was caused by another
part of your vehicle.
If the Dust Shield does have an indication of
scraping on it, insure that you have placed the Dust Shield all the way down
into the wheel as far as the
Dust Shield can go by once again applying firm pressure and pushing the Dust
Shield down evenly into the wheel as far as possible.
This should solve the scraping problem and the wheel should be remounted and
rotate the wheel again to check for scraping.