Remove the steering knuckle as follows:
- loosen the wheel nuts, fold out the drive shaft nut lock and use a wrench with an interchangeable head «by 32 mm» loosen the nut;
Pic. 188. Loose shock absorber in the engine compartment
- at the top of the shock absorber, loosen the nut 5 turns as shown in fig. 188, to keep the stem from turning, install a wrench with an Allen key on it;
- place the car on a jack and remove the wheel;
Pic. 189. Depressing the tie rod lever with a ball pin puller
- Unscrew the trailing arm pivot nut on the steering arm and press out the tie rod end with a suitable ball pin puller as shown in fig. 189. The figure shows a special Ford puller, but other pullers with the same principle of operation can be used for this operation).
- in the presence of ABS, unscrew the bolt of the speed sensor and remove the sensor from the drive shaft;
Pic. 190. Location of the bolts holding the brake caliper
- Turn away both bolts of fastening of a support of the disk brake mechanism which are in the place shown on fig. 190, and wire the caliper to the suspension (the brake caliper must never hang on the hose);
- completely unscrew the drive shaft fastening nut and remove the disc, disconnect the fixing rod from one of the wheel bolts and remove the brake disc;
Pic. 191. The location of the fastening of the transverse suspension arm to the steering knuckle
- unscrew the clamping bolt on the lower side of the independent suspension hinge, the location of which is shown in fig. 191 (unscrew the nut, knock out the bolt), and push down on the control arm to release the ball joint trunnion;
Note: Be careful not to damage the ball joint protector. We recommend wrapping a cloth around the hinge.
- separate the steering knuckle from the drive shaft (using a puller used when removing the drive shaft), be sure to ensure that the constant velocity joint and the shaft on the inside do not separate, i.e. in the process of push-ups, constantly monitor this connection;
Pic. 192. Location of the clamping bolt of the shock absorber strut-swivel fist connection
- on the upper side of the steering knuckle, unscrew the connecting bolt between the shock absorber strut and the steering knuckle (pic. 192), slightly open the clamping slot of the steering knuckle, to do this, set the socket wrench with an internal hexagon to the exact size of the slot (the surface of the key must exactly fit the slot);
- turning the key to the left or right, release the edges of the hexagon so that the shock absorber strut is free;
Pic. 193. Unclenching the clamping slot of the steering knuckle
- at the same time, press the steering knuckle down until the rack is released (insert the key as shown in Fig. 193), you can now remove the steering knuckle.
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