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I used TomDK method of getting the front offside hub/knuckle housing off as I could not get the four bolts off that remove the hub flange.
I took it off as one unit.
The grease was still there a bit dirty but still greasey.
I reckon two siezed brake calipers giving out heat on that wheel stripped the grease from the CV joint and that has caused the failure.
I now have another problem the wheel bearing is a bit noisy but no play, therefore just change it but!!!
When the garage did the kingpin bearings at 30k miles and 3 years old and the car has an ABS sensor there, they broke the head off the ABS sensor bolt.
Therefore the ABS sensor is held on by the shank of the broken bolt!
So I said disconnect it at the other end but both front ABS sensors are on one plug into the ABS circuit!
Therefore I have the hub / knuckle unit tied to the coil spring and cannot get it off the car to change the wheel bearing. Unless I try to get the ABS bolt off on the other side after 8 years in Aberdeenshire salted roads!!!!
At the moment, I may well put it into the local garage to use their heat torch to remove the broken offside ABS sensor bolt and they can do the wheel bearing, the king pin bearings are great but I may as well change them at the same time! Oh and do the oil seal on the driveshaft as it goes into axle tube.
Happy days as I cannot be bothered to use my toy gas torch on the ABS bolt.
The ABS sensor was glued to the hub casing or whatever it is called and the bolt shank had broken flush with the surface of the assembly so as you say it needs drilled out.
The ABS sensor came away after some gentle pulling so I have the assembly on the bench but cannot find the fancy 4 pin nut tool which was in the middle tool drawer a few weeks ago before I fixed the drawer runner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I bought the Meyle 33 14498 0015 CV joint and on the diff input side it has less splines than the driveshaft.
