Make sure that when the wheels of the car are in a straight line, the steering wheel spokes are horizontal. Otherwise, determine the cause of the malfunction and eliminate it.
Turning the steering wheel from lock to lock, check visually and aurally:
- reliability of fastening of the steering gear and steering wheel on the steering shaft;
- is there a gap in the rubber-metal joints 14 and in the joints 2 of the steering rods;
- reliability of tightening and locking of bolts 7 for fastening the rods to the rail and nuts of the fingers of ball joints 2\
- whether there are any jamming and interference preventing the steering wheel from turning.
If knocks and jams are detected, disconnect the transverse links from the swing arms of the telescopic suspension struts and repeat the test. After making sure that knocks and jams come from the steering, remove it from the car and repair it.