Assembly for supporting and drivingly connecting a wheel
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May 25, 2004
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Sep 11, 2003
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Mar 31, 2003
filing date -
Feb 23, 2000
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An assembly (10) for supporting a wheel of a motor vehicle and for drivingly connecting the wheel to a driveshaft, comprising a wheel carrier (11) which is attachable to the motor vehicle and is provided with an annular part (15) and a plurality of steering arms (16); a wheel hub (41) which is rotatably supported in the annular part (15) of the wheel carrier (11) and is provided with a flange (46) for bolting on the wheel; a rolling contact bearing (51) with two rows of rolling contact members for supporting the wheel hub (41) in the wheel carrier (11), which rolling contact bearing (51) is insertable into the annular part (15) of the wheel carrier (11); and a constant velocity joint (71) which comprises an outer joint part (72) removably connectable to the wheel hub (41), and an inner joint part connectable to the driveshaft, wherein the connection between the wheel hub (41) and the outer joint part (72) is provided by inter-engaging toothings, wherein at the wheel carrier (11.sub.1), in the annular part (15.sub.1), there is provided a broken-out portion (27.sub.1) in at least one circumferential position, so that a securing ring can be handled by pliers through the broken-out portion (27.sub.1).
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