Contents: Removal 🠛 Installation 🠛
Removal
- place the car on a lift;
- disconnect the negative battery cable;
- set the steering wheel to the straight ahead position and lock it;
- remove the front wheels;
- using a universal puller, press out the ball joint pins of the steering rods from the steering knuckles, having first unscrewed the pin nuts;
Figure 6.1. Steering wheel angle sensor connector
- disconnect the steering wheel angle sensor connector (Figure 6.1);
Figure 6.2. Steering mechanism fastening elements: 1 – subframe mounting bolts; 2 – eccentric bolt
- bend back the boot covering the steering shaft universal joint assembly under the vehicle and unscrew the universal joint cross clamp eccentric bolt (Figure 6.2);
- mark the relative positions of the clamp and shaft in an accessible way;
- unscrew the steering gear mounting bolts on the subframe;
- remove the steering gear.
Installation
Installation is carried out in the reverse order of removal, while checking whether the position of the steering wheel has changed; tighten all bolts and nuts to the required torques; connect the steering angle sensor connector. Check and, if necessary, adjust the front wheel alignment.
Figure 6.3. Position of the steering angle sensor connector gasket (D): left - wrong, right - right
Be sure to check that the steering angle sensor connector gasket is in good condition and installed correctly (Figure 6.3).
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