Contents: Removal ↡ Installation ↡
Removal
1. Mark the position of the front wheel on the hub with paint. This will allow you to install the balanced wheel in its original position during assembly.
2. Loosen the wheel mounting bolts. The car must be standing on its wheels when performing this operation.
3. Place the front of the car on jack stands, unscrew the wheel bolts and remove the wheel.
4. Unscrew the lock nut 1 securing the tip to the cross rod. At the same time, hold the cross rod from turning with a wrench by the hexagonal belt 2 (see illustration).
5. Unscrew the self-locking nut 3 from the pin 5 of the ball joint of the tie rod end. In this case, hold the pin 5 of the ball joint from turning with an overhead wrench. Do not completely unscrew the self-locking nut 3, but leave it on the end of the ball joint.
In this position, the nut will act as a support for the tie rod end puller and will prevent damage to the threads on the ball joint pin (see illustration 19.4).
6. Press out the ball joint pin of the tie rod end from the arm on the steering knuckle using a standard puller and completely unscrew the self-locking nut.
7. Mark the mounting position of the tie rod end 6 on the tie rod itself; by drawing a line on both parts with chalk or a felt-tip pen (see illustration 19.4).
8. Unscrew the tip from the cross rod. Count the number of turns and write down the obtained value so that you can screw the tip back on with the same number of turns.
Installation
9. Screw the tip onto the tie rod using the same number of turns as when removing it.
10. Secure the tip to the transverse steering rod using a lock nut, aligning the marks made before removal. Tighten the lock nut to a torque of 50 Nm, holding the rod from turning with a wrench on the hexagon.
Caution: When tightening the lock nut, do not allow the steering gear cuff to twist.
11. Clean the ball joint pin seat cone.
12. Install the ball joint pin of the tip into the steering knuckle arm and secure the pin in the arm hole with a new self-locking nut, tightening it with a torque of 30 Nm. Then tighten the nut with a wrench by 90° (1/4 turn).
13. Install the front wheel in accordance with the marks made during removal. Before doing this, lubricate the seat of the wheel disk on the hub with a thin layer of bearing grease. Do not lubricate the wheel mounting bolts. Screw in the wheel mounting bolts and lower the car. Tighten the nuts crosswise to a torque of 110 Nm.
14. Have the wheel alignment checked and adjusted in a workshop if necessary.