Steering Knuckle

Removal PROCEDURE 1. Set vehicle on parking brake. 2. Loosen wheel bolts. 3. Raise front of vehicle and support on stands. 4. Remove wheels. 5. Disconnect driveshaft (see subsection 7.2). 6. Disconnect stabilizer bar from front suspension control arm (if equipped, see subsection 9.1.6). 7. Press out ball joint and suspend steering tie rod with wire (see

subsection 8.2). 8. Remove brake caliper 41 (see fig. Front Suspension) and suspend it with wire (see items 11–12 of subsection 10.7). 9. Trace outline of strut mount bracket 19 on steering knuckle 27 for accurate positioning during installation. 10. Unscrew nuts 20 with captive washers and remove two bolts 18 with captive washers. 11. Unscrew bolt 28 of ball joint 21. 12. Remove steering knuckle 27. Installation Warning Replace all self-locking nuts with new ones. PROCEDURE 1. Install steering knuckle 27. 2. Tighten bolt 28 with its head facing the front of the vehicle. 3. Install bracket 19 aligned with marks made earlier on steering knuckle 27 and tighten nuts 20 to 95 N·m (or to 80 N·m for nuts installed before February 1990). 4. Install brake caliper 41 (see item 9 of subsection 10.7). 5. Install new clamp 5 and dust boot 6 on steering tie rod. 6. Screw inner tie rod end 4 to the mark made earlier on rack thread 8, or to distance a = 70.5 mm (see fig. Steering Mechanism). 7. Install stabilizer bar (if equipped, see subsection 9.1.6). 8. Install driveshaft (see subsection 7.2). 9. Install wheel and lower vehicle to ground. 10. Tighten wheel bolts to 110 N·m. 11. Check wheel alignment (see subsection 9.1.7).