Steering knuckle replacement

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SEQUENCE OF WORK

1. Loosen the wheel hub nut and wheel bolts while depressing the brake pedal.

2. Raise the car in a horizontal position and secure it on supports. Remove the front wheel.



Pic. 13.14. Location of the ABS sensor on the steering knuckle

3. Remove the bolt and remove the ABS sensor from the steering knuckle (pic. 13.14).

4. Remove the bolts, remove the caliper and secure it to the wheel arch with a soft wire so that the brake hose does not stretch or twist.

5. Turn away bolts of fastening of a brake disk and remove a disk from a nave of a wheel. Knock down a tightly seated disc with light blows of a plastic hammer or remove with a puller.

6. Remove the tie rod end.




Pic. 13.15. Bolt location of the lower mounting of the shock absorber strut to the steering knuckle

7. Turn out a bolt of fastening of the lower part of a shock-absorber rack to a rotary fist (pic. 13.15).



Pic. 13.16. Arrangement of a nut and a bolt of fastening of the spherical hinge of the lower lever to a rotary fist

8. Turn away a nut, take out a bolt and squeeze out the spherical joint of the bottom lever from a rotary fist (pic. 13.16). Be careful not to damage the protective boot of the ball joint.

9. Disconnect the lower part of a shock-absorber rack from a rotary fist.



Pic. 13.17. Using a puller to remove the steering knuckle from the drive shaft


10. Completely unscrew the free wheel hub nut and use a puller to remove the steering knuckle from the wheel drive shaft (pic. 13.17). In this case, the drive shaft must not leave the internal constant velocity joint.

11. To prevent damage to the inner constant velocity joint when the drive shaft sags, secure the shaft with soft wire.

12. Remove a rotary fist together with the bearing of a nave of a wheel.







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