Withdrawal
1. Disconnect the wire from the negative battery terminal.
2. Loosen the front wheel nuts, raise the front of the vehicle and secure it to the stands. Apply the parking brake and block the rear wheels to prevent the vehicle from rolling off the stands. Remove both front wheels.
3. Pull back the protective cover at the bottom of the steering column to expose the steering column connection flange. Mark flange and steering column shaft (see illustration).
17.3. Scratch or paint a mark on the connection between the intermediate shaft and the steering shaft, then remove the pinch bolt (indicated by an arrow)
4. Loosen the pinch bolt (see illustration 17.3).
5. Remove the tie rod ends (see section 16).
6. Support the rear of the subframe with a jack and remove the rear bolts; loosen the front subframe bolts and lower the rear about 5 inches (see chapter 2, part 2.3, section 5).
7. Remove the heat shield from the steering gear (see illustration).
17.7. Turn away bolts (indicated by arrows) and remove the heat shield
8. Remove the tube clamp from the steering gear (see illustration).
17.8. To remove the tube clamp from the steering gear, place the blade of a small screwdriver here and press the clamp upwards (the engine assembly, gearboxes and steering gear subframe were removed from the car)
9. Place a drain pan under the vehicle, positioning it under the steering gear. Using a spanner wrench, disconnect the supply and drain lines (see illustration) from the steering gear. Plug lines to prevent loss of hydraulic fluid.
17.9. Use a ring wrench to unscrew the threaded pipes from the steering gear
10. Remove bolts and nuts (see illustrations).
17.10a. Left steering gear bolt (from the driver's side) and nut (indicated by an arrow) | 17.10 b. Right (passenger side) steering gear bolt and nut (arrow) |
11. Take the steering mechanism from fastenings, then shift it forward and take a coupling bolt.
12. Support the steering gear and carefully remove the entire assembly through the hole on the left side.
Installation
13. Installation is in reverse order (see illustration).
17.13. Steering Assembly Details: 1 - tie rod end, 2 - lock nut, 3 - rod, 4 - bushing, 5 - shaft, 6 - steering gear, 7 - protective cover, 8 - frame, 9 - steering gear mounting, 10 - bolt, 11 - nut, 12 - sleeve, 13 - castle nut, 14 - cotter pin, 15 - knuckle, 16 - heat shield, 17 - bolt
14. Insert the steering gear through the hole in the left mudguard and place it in place in the mounts. Install bolts and nuts, tighten them to the torque specified in specifications of this chapter.
15. Connect the supply and drain pipes to the steering gear. Connect the tube clamp and install the heat shield.
16. Raise the subframe into place and tighten the bolts. Tighten the subframe bolts to the torque specified in technical data chapter 2, part 2.3.
17. Connect the tie rod ends to the rods or steering knuckles and tighten the nuts to the torque specified in the technical data at the beginning of the chapter. Insert new cotter pins.
18. Center the steering mechanism by aligning the previously applied marks. Install and securely tighten the pinch bolt.
19. Install the front wheels, lower the vehicle and tighten the wheel nuts to the torque specified in chapter 1 specifications.
20. Connect the wire to the negative battery terminal.
21. Fill the power steering pump with the recommended type of hydraulic fluid, bleed the system (see section 20) and recheck the fluid level in the system. See if there is a leak.
22. Check up corners of installation of forward wheels.