Contents: Removal ↓ Installation ↓
To perform the work you will need a ball joint puller.
Removal
1. Prepare the car for work (see "Preparing the car for maintenance and repair").
2. For ease of work, remove the front wheel (see "Wheel - replacement").
3. Using a metal brush, clean the tip threads from dirt and treat them with penetrating lubricant.
4. Key by 27 mm loosen the outer lock nut, holding the connecting sleeve of the rod with a wrench by 24 mm.
5. Using pliers, straighten and remove the cotter pin from the hole in the ball joint of the tie rod.
6. With a spanner by 19 mm we unscrew the crown nut of the finger.
7. Using a puller, press the pin out of the hole in the steering knuckle of the front suspension strut.
8. Rotate the outer tip to unscrew it from the coupling (the tip has a left-hand thread).
Note: If it is necessary to approximately set the wheel alignment during assembly (for example, to get to the adjustment stand) - we count the number of revolutions made.
Installation
1. Cover the threaded part of the tip with plastic grease Litol-24 or similar.
2. Screw the new tip into the connecting sleeve.
Note: To approximately maintain the wheel alignment, screw the new tip into the coupling with the same number of turns that were made when unscrewing the old tip.
3. Insert the pin into the hole of the strut pivot arm and tighten the crown nut.
4. Tighten the pin nut to a torque of 27.1-33.4 N·m (2.8-3.4 kgf·m) and turn it further until the hole in the pin aligns with the nearest slot in the nut.
5. We cotter the nut (insert the cotter pin into the finger and spread the ends of the cotter pin in different directions).
6. Tighten the traction coupling lock nut to a torque of 121-149.4 N·m (12.3-15.2 kgf·m).
Warning! After replacing the tip, wheel alignment must be adjusted at a service station.