Contents: Removal ↡ Installation ↡
Removal
1. Set the steering wheel to the center position and lock the steering shaft in this position.
2. Disconnect the tube from the power steering fluid reservoir.
3. Remove the lower engine guard.
4. Unscrew bolt 1 securing steering shaft joint 2 to steering gear shaft 3 and disconnect it (see figure 8.2). Mark their relative positions.
Figure 8.2. Steering mechanism:
1. Bolt,
2. Steering shaft joint,
3. Steering gear shaft,
4. Ball joint,
5. Steering knuckle,
6, 8. Nut,
7. Transverse steering rod,
9. Traction,
10. Stabilizer,
11. Drain pipe,
12. Discharge pipeline,
13. Compressed air supply tube,
14. Threaded connection,
15. Subframe.
5. Disconnect the ball joints 4 from the steering knuckles 5. Replace the self-locking nuts 6.
6. Unscrew nut 8 securing strut 9 to stabilizer 10. Lift stabilizer 10 up and attach it to the shock absorber strut using wire.
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7. Unscrew the pressure 12 and drain 11 pipes from the steering gear.
8. Remove the lower compressed air supply tube 13 (on cars with engine 601.970).
9. Unscrew bolt connection 14 securing the steering gear to subframe 15 and remove it.
Installation
10. Installation is carried out in the reverse order of removal. The steering gear capacity is 1.35 l.