Removal and installation of a tip of cross steering draft

Withdrawal

Loosen the wheel nuts of the vehicle standing on the platform.

Mark the position of the wheel on the hub with paint. Thanks to this, the balanced wheel can be installed again in its original position.

Raise the front of the car on the stand goats.

Remove wheel.



Loosen castellated nut -A- securing tie-rod end pin -D- at swing arm -C-, for which pull out cotter pin -B-.

Attention. Loosen the castle nut only far enough to completely cover the thread on the pin. This prevents damage to the initial threads on the pin when the tie rod end is pressed out.

Using a standard puller, press the tie rod end pin out of the swing arm and unscrew the castle nut.

Loosen the locknut and unscrew the tip from the tie rod.

Attention: when unscrewing, count and record the number of turns in order to screw the tip onto the steering rod by the same number of turns when installing.

Installation

Screw the tip onto the steering rod in accordance with the number of revolutions recorded during removal, do not tighten the locknut yet.

Insert the tie rod end pin into the swing arm. Screw in castle nut, tighten to 30 Nm and secure with a new cotter pin. If the cotter pin does not enter the hole, do not loosen the nut, but tighten it so that the cotter pin can enter.

Put the wheel like this. so that the marks applied before removal coincide and tighten the wheel nuts. Lower the vehicle and tighten the wheel nuts crosswise to 100 Nm.

Rock the car in different directions so that the suspension settles.

Check the parameters of the chassis of the car (at the service station), and tighten the locknut securing the tip to the steering rod to 65 Nm.