Contents: Removal ↓ Installation ↓
Removal
1. Remove the engine splash guard (see "Engine Mudguard - Removal and Installation").
2. Remove the protective screen of the steering mechanism.
3. Press out the ball joint pins of the rods from the steering arms of the front suspension struts (see "Engine compartment trim - removal and installation").
4. Using two slotted screwdrivers, remove the locking spring plate of the bolts that secure the rods to the rack (shown on a removed steering gear).
Warning! The right and left tie rods are not interchangeable.
5. With a socket wrench by 15 mm we unscrew the bolts that secure the rods to the steering rack.
6. Remove the top plate and disconnect the rods from the steering gear. If necessary, pry off the bottom plate with a slotted screwdriver.
Installation
1. Before installing new rods, make sure that their threaded inserts are screwed into the rods and tips with the same number of thread turns.
2. For the removed rods, measure the distances between the holes in the rubber-metal hinges that attach them to the steering mechanism (1) and the centers of the plugs for the holes for the ball pins in the rod ends (2).
3. Rotate the threaded insert to set the length of the new rods in accordance with the length of the removed rods, then tighten the rod and tip tie bolts.
4. Install and connect the rods in the following sequence: secure the inner ends of the rods to the steering mechanism by tightening the pin mounting bolts.
5. Insert the ball joint pins of the rods into the holes of the strut pivot arms, tighten and cotter the nuts that secure them.
6. We install the car on the wheels.
7. Tighten the mounting bolts.
8. Install the locking plate and protective cover.
9. Install the engine mudguard.
10. Adjust the front wheel toe-in angle in a specialized workshop.