Dacia Solenza 2004, Repair Manual

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STEERING ASSEMBLY
36 - 3
Manual steering box
SPECIAL TOOLS
P.F. 476 Device for ball joints depressing
Wheels screws 7.5
Steering ball joint nut 4
Steering box attachment screws on crossbeam 5
Cardan joint connection screws with
column lower shaft
2.1
TIGHTENING MOMENTS (daNm)
Disconnect the battery.
Loosen the front wheels screws.
Lift the vehicle by means of a two-column elevator.
Dismount the front wheels.
DISMOUNTING
In the engine compartment:
Cut the rubber bellows maintaining clip and push it towards cowl panel.
By means of the
PF 476
device, depress the ball joints of the steering rods funnel from the
steering knuckle.
Dismount:
- connection screw between the cardan joint of the steering column lower shaft and the
steering rack gear shaft;
- steering box attachment screws on the crossbeam.
Detach the steering box assembled with the steering rods.
REMOUNTING
Perform the dismounting operations in the reverse order, observing the required tightening
moments.
In case a new steering box is mounted, the parallelism is obligatory to be adjusted, observing
the parallelism adjusting procedure described in chapter 31.
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