20.1 Steering rods
1. Inner tip; 2. External tip; 3. Pendulum lever; 4. Adjusting clamp; 5. Transverse thrust
2. All steering rods can be removed together with the pendulum arm and steering knuckle. After dismantling the rods, the wheel alignment angles should be checked. Tighten the tip nuts completely after lowering the car.
Lateral pulls
3. Remove the cotter pin and unscrew the nuts (photo).
20.3 Lateral traction parts
1. External tip; 2. Clamp; 3. Threaded bushing; 4. Inner tip
4. Press out the rod end pins using a special puller (photo) and remove the rod.
20.4 Pressing out the tip pin
5. Check the play in the ball joints; replace the joints if necessary.
6. If necessary, disassemble the rods, for which mark the position of the tips in the bushing, unscrew the clamp bolts and unscrew both tips.
7. Assembly and installation are performed in the reverse order. If the removed ends are installed, then align the marks applied before disassembly. If new rods are installed, then set the dimension A according to the removed rods (photo). After assembly, check and adjust the wheel alignment angles.
20.7 Dimension A, which must be set on new rods
Pendulum lever
8. Play in the pendulum arm is eliminated by installing new bushings.
9. Unscrew the bolts securing the lever bracket to the frame (photo).
20.9 Pendulum Arm Parts
1. Case; 2. Bracket; 3, 6. Bushing; 4. Crankshaft lever; 5. Oiler plug; 7. Washer; 8. Nut
10. Remove the cotter pin and unscrew the nut, press out the pendulum arm pin from the transverse rod (photo).
20.10 Pendulum lever
11. If you need to replace the bushings, unscrew the nut, remove the washer and remove the lever from the bracket, take out the bushings. Replace the bushings and assemble the lever.
12. Installation is carried out in the reverse order. Tighten all nuts to the specified torque.
Transverse thrust
13. Remove the cotter pin and unscrew all the nuts of the transverse rod.
14. Press out the pins and remove the rod.
15. Check the condition of the rod bushings, replace if necessary.
16. Installation is carried out in reverse order.
Steering rod assemblies
17. Unscrew the pitman arm nut and press the pitman arm off the gearbox shaft.
18. Loosen the bolts and remove the pendulum arm.
19. Remove the cotter pins and unscrew the nuts of the side rods on the steering knuckles, press out the pins.
20. Remove all rods.
21. Installation is carried out in reverse order.