The lower part of the steering knuckles is connected to the suspension arms by means of ball joints. The ball joints are attached to the suspension arms with bolts and are fixed on the steering knuckle with a bolted clamp connection.
The suspension arms are connected to the body through rubber-metal bushings - silent blocks.
Pic. 5.1. Front suspension type: 1 – a nut of fastening of the top end of a shock-absorber rack; 2 - shock absorber; 3 – rotary fist; 4 – steering rod joint; 5 – steering draft; 6 - lower suspension arm; 7 – a tip of steering draft; 8 – suspension arm hinge; 9 - wheel hub bearing; 10 – a nut of a shaft of a drive of forward wheels; 11 - hub; 12 - spring
The front suspension is shown in fig. 5.1 and 5.2.
Pic. 5.2. Front suspension type: 1 – bolts of fastening of a shock-absorber rack; 2 – a collar of fastening of the stabilizer of cross-section stability; 3 – a bar of the stabilizer of cross stability; 4 – a bolt of fastening of the hinge of the lever to a rotary fist
The rear suspension is semi-independent type with trailing arms connected through silent blocks to the car body. Coil springs are mounted separately from double-acting hydraulic shock absorbers. The shock absorbers are attached to the body with their upper ends, and to the trailing arms with their lower ends.