Dacia 1304 2004, Repair Manual

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FRONT BEARING ELEMENTS
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Lift the vehicle using a two columns
elevator.
Dismount the wheel, mounting the
PF 509
crossbar, between the lower arm
shaft and the shock absorber joint shaft.
Release the ball joint from the steering
knuckle by means of the PF 476 extractor.
Dismount the attachment screw of the
upper ball joint.
Dismount the ball joint.
Assemble the attachment screw of the
rod with the ball joint and place it on the
arm.
ELASTIC BUSHING,UPPER ARM BALL JOINT
Attach the ball joint to the arm by
replacing the rivets with screws, the latter
being mounted with the ends towards the
bellow.
Mount the caster rod.
Couple the ball joint and tighten it to
the required moment.
Dismount the cross bar PF 509 .
Mount the wheel and take down the
vehicle from the elevator.
Check and adjust, if necessary :
- the caster angle;
- the camber angle;
- the steering box position;
- the parallelism and the wheels
alignment.
I n case protection below is damaged, replace it with a new one.
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