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Rear
CHECKING THE STEERING SYSTEM
1. place the vehicle on the flat ground .
Check:
Clamp seat of steering vertical column and
sliding
bearing on the lower end of steering vertical
column,
upper
lower and front
rear moving steering
bar .If the clearance is too large, replace the
sliding bearing.
Refer to section “Steering system” of chapter 5.
Check:
tie-rod ends
Ball pin unit of steering tension rod.
Rotate the steering bar leftward and / or rightward,
Then roate from left to right lightly . If the ball pin
unit of steering tension rod have any vertical
clearance , replace it .
Refer to section “Steering system” of chapter 5.
Check:
Ball joints and/or wheel bearings Move the
wheels laterally back and forth. Excessive free
play
Replace the front arms (upper and lower)
and/or wheel bearings.
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ADJUSTING THE TOE-IN
1. Place the vehicle on a level surface.
2. Measure:
• toe in
Out of specification
Adjust.
Toe-in
8~ 18 mm (0.00 ~ 0.39 in)
(with tires touching the ground)
NOTE
Before measuring the toe-in, make sure that the
tire pressure is correct.
a. Mark both front tire tread centers.
b.Lift the front end of UTV to keep the front wheel
from force .
c. Faster the steering forward . Meagcre the wide
the
between two marks.
d. Rotate the front tires 180° until the marks are
exactly opposite one another.
e. Measure distance
B
between the marks.
f. Calculate the toe in
using the formula given
below.
Toe-in=
B
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A
g. If the toe in is
incorrect, adjust it
3. A ust toe in
WARNING
Make sure that left / right tension rods have
turned the same turns . Otherwise the UTV will
still go UTV left and right even though . Operate
the UTV to go forward straightly with steering
bar , easily causing to getting out of contor and
accident . After adjusting the toe-in correctly
drive the UTV to move forward a span of
distance by fastering the steering bar so as to
