Dismantling
1. Raise the front of the car.
Caution: Do not work under a vehicle raised only on a jack or lift. Always install safety props.
2. Remove the front wheels.
3. Remove the right brake disc.
BRAKING SYSTEM, REPAIR WORKS, Brake disc - front brake mechanisms.
4. Release the wheel speed sensor cable from the retainer.
5. Release the cable from the retainer on the shock absorber, remove the Allen screw and remove the wheel speed sensor from the wheel bearing support.
6. Remove nuts of fastening of drafts of the stabilizer of cross-section stability and separate drafts from the stabilizer.
7. Turn away a nut of fastening of draft of the sensor of vertical position of a body to the bottom lever and release draft.
Caution: Use an open end wrench to hold the ball joint against the flat grooves.
8. Loosen a quarter turn bolt securing the lower arm to the subframe.
9. Remove the nut securing the lower arm ball joint to the wheel bearing support.
10. Using tool LRT-54-027, release the lower arm ball joint and separate the lower arm from the wheel bearing support.
Attention: make sure that the protective boot of the ball stud is not damaged. A damaged protective boot will cause failure of the ball joint.
11. Loosen a quarter of a turn the bolt securing the linkage to the subframe.
12. Turn away a nut of fastening of draft to the spherical hinge.
13. Using tool LRT-54-027, separate the link from the ball joint.
Attention: make sure that the protective boot of the ball stud is not damaged. A damaged protective boot will cause failure of the ball joint.
14. Remove and discard the ball stud to steering knuckle nut.
15. Screw an M14 nut onto the end of the ball stud, flush with the threaded end of the stud.
16. Using tool LRT-57-036, separate the ball pin from the steering knuckle. Remove the M14 nut and remove the ball pin from the steering knuckle.
Attention: make sure that the protective boot of the ball stud is not damaged. A damaged protective boot will cause failure of the ball joint.
17. Install a container to collect the escaping oil.
18. Install tool LRT-54-026 on the drive shaft inner joint.
19. Separate the drive shaft from the differential using levers.
20. Turn away two nuts and remove two bolts of fastening of a support of the bearing to a shock-absorber rack of a suspension bracket.
21. With the help of an assistant, remove the bearing support assembly with the drive shaft.
22. Remove and discard the driveshaft circlip.
23. Carefully remove and discard seal.
Assembly
1. Clean the seat band for the seal.
2. Install a new seal using tool LRT-54-029.
3. Wipe the end of the drive shaft.
4. Lubricate the seal lips with clean gear oil.
FILLING CAPACITIES, USED OPERATING LIQUIDS, OILS AND SEALANTS, Lubrication system.
5. Install a new circlip on the end of the drive shaft.
6. Apply some lubricant to the splines and seal contact surfaces.
FILLING CAPACITIES, USED OPERATING LIQUIDS, OILS AND SEALANTS, Lubrication system.
7. With the help of a second person, reinstall the bearing support assembly with the drive shaft. Carefully slide the end of the drive shaft through
into the seal bore, remove the seal guard and push the drive shaft all the way in so that the circlip engages.
8. Align the wheel bearing support with the shock absorber suspension strut, install the bolts with nuts and tighten the nuts to a torque of 250 Nm.
9. Clean the conical surfaces of the ball pins and the seat for their installation from dirt. Caution: The nuts and screws should be tightened when the vehicle has its wheels on the ground normally.
10. Connect the ball joint pin to the steering knuckle, install a new nut and tighten it to 80 Nm.
11. Connect the rod to the ball joint, install the fastening nut and tighten it with a torque of 80 Nm.
12. Attach draft of the sensor of vertical position of a body to the bottom lever, wrap a fastening nut and tighten it with the moment of 8 Н·м.
13. Attach the ball joint of the lower arm to the wheel bearing support, screw the fastening nut and tighten it with a torque of 80 Nm.
14. Attach the anti-roll bars, screw on the nuts and tighten them to a torque of 100 Nm.
15. Clean the surface of the wheel speed sensor, apply an anti-stick lubricant, and install it on the wheel bearing support.
FILLING CAPACITIES, USED OPERATING LIQUIDS, OILS AND SEALANTS, Lubrication system.
16. Install the wheel speed sensor Allen screw and tighten the screw to 8 Nm.
17. Attach the sensor cable to the shock absorber.
18. Install the brake disc.
BRAKING SYSTEM, REPAIR WORKS, Brake disc - front brake mechanisms.
19. Reinstall the wheel and tighten the nuts to 140 Nm.
20. Remove props and lower the car.
21. Tighten the screw securing the lower arm to the subframe with a torque of 165 Nm, then tighten another 90°.
22. Tighten the screw securing the rod to the subframe with a torque of 165 Nm, then tighten it another 90°.
23. Check up a convergence of forward wheels.
STEERING, ADJUSTMENTS, Front wheel alignment - check and adjustment.
24. Add oil to the front axle final drive housing.
FRONT AXLE MAIN GEAR AND DIFFERENTIAL, ADJUSTMENTS, Front final drive and differential housing - oil drain and fill.
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