Remove the bolt (3) terminal connection of the universal joint of the steering shaft.
Install the steering wheel lock.
Remove the cardan joint.
Mark the position of the cap on the brake hose bracket with a felt pen.
Disconnect:
- cap (4) brake hose bracket;
- ABS wiring harness (5) brake hose bracket.
Loosen the fastening nut (6) tie rod ball joint pin. Remove the ball joint pin of the tie rod end using a puller (Tav. 476).
Loosen the nut (7) attaching the anti-roll bar to the shock absorber.
Remove the bolt (8) fixing the connecting rod on the cross member for installing the radiator.
Loosen the nut securing the ball joint pin of the suspension arm (9). Disconnect the suspension arm ball joint from the steering knuckle.
Remove bolts (1) mounts and lower jet thrust.
Loosen the mounting bolt (11) exhaust pipe to the silent block of the subframe.
Disconnect the lower oxygen sensor harness from the subframe. Place a hydraulic jack under the subframe.
Remove:
- rear bolts (13) subframe mountings;
- rear cross member mounting bolts (14) to the subframe;
- rear cross member from the subframe. Secure the subframe to the hydraulic jack with straps.
Remove the front mounting bolts (15) and a stretcher.
Subframe disassembly
Remove the steering gear (see corresponding operation).
Remove the headlight leveling body height sensor (if installed).
Remove the silent block mounting bolt (17) to the subframe and silent block.
Degrease the mating surfaces of the body, subframe and cross member with a cleaner.
Check for the presence of the upper mounting washer (15) on the subframe before installing the bolt.
Replace:
- a bolt of terminal connection of a plug of the cardan hinge of a steering shaft;
- a nut of fastening of a finger of a spherical joint of a tip of a steering nut of draft;
- nut of the ball joint of the front suspension arm;
- subframe bolt.
Install the cross member tie rods to mount the radiator on the subframe.
Install the subframe with a jack.
Install the rear subframe.
Torque tighten:
- front subframe mounting bolts 105 Nm;
- rear subframe bolts 180 Nm;
- rear cross member mounting bolts 62 Nm;
- nuts for fastening the ball joint of the lower suspension arm 62 Nm;
- nuts of fastening of fingers of spherical hinges of tips of steering rods 37 Nm;
- universal joint bolt 62 Nm.