Contents: Removal ↓ Installation ↓
Removal
To perform repair work on removing, installing, replacing the steering rod end, you will need a ball joint puller.
1. We prepare the vehicle for work (see points 2b and 4 "Preparing a car for maintenance and repair").
2. Remove the front wheel (see "Wheel - replacement").
3. Using a 13 mm open-end wrench, loosen the tightening bolt of the outer tie rod end.
4. Using pliers, straighten and remove the cotter pin from the ball joint hole.
5. Using a 19 mm open-end wrench, unscrew the ball joint crown nut.
6. Using a puller, press the ball pin out of the hole in the steering knuckle of the front suspension strut.
7. Rotate the outer end of the steering rod to unscrew it from the adjusting insert.
Helpful Hint: If you need to maintain the wheel alignment, count the number of turns made.
Installation
1. Cover the threaded part of the adjusting insert with plastic grease Litol-24 or similar.
2. Screw the new steering rod end onto the adjusting insert.
Helpful advice: To maintain the wheel alignment angle, screw the new tie rod end onto the adjusting insert by the same number of turns that were made when unscrewing the old tie rod end.
3. Insert the ball pin into the hole in the strut pivot arm and tighten the crown nut.
4. Tighten the nut to a torque of 27.1-33.4 N·m (2.8-3.4 kgf·m) and align the hole in the ball stud with the nearest slot in the nut.
5. We cotter the nut and spread the ends of the cotter pin in different directions.
6. Tighten the tie rod end clamp bolt to a torque of 19.1-30.9 N·m (2.0-3.1 kgf·m).