Remove the front wheel from the side of the tie rod end being replaced

Turn the steering wheel all the way in the direction opposite to the end being removed.

How to Replace Tie Rod Ends and Rods

Bend it with pliers and remove the cotter pin

How to Replace Tie Rod Ends and Rods

Using a 19 mm open-end wrench, loosen the ball joint mounting nut but not completely.

How to Replace Tie Rod Ends and Rods

Using a 17 mm socket, loosen the tie rod end clamp bolt.

How to Replace Tie Rod Ends and Rods

Having inserted a mounting blade between the steering arm and the end, we press the end away from the arm and, striking the end of the steering arm with a hammer, press the ball pin out of the arm.

You can use a puller to press the pin out of the hole in the steering arm.

How to replace steering tips and rods

Finally unscrew the ball joint mounting nut.

How to replace steering tips and rods

Remove the ball joint from the pivot arm hole.

How to replace steering tips and rods

Use a screwdriver to loosen the groove of the steering rod tip.

How to replace steering tips and rods

Holding the 27 mm wrench on the adjusting threaded sleeve, unscrew the tip, counting the number of turns so that the new tip can be screwed in by the same number of turns.

At the same time, maintain the position of the threaded sleeve on the steering traction.

This will help to approximately maintain the previous angle of toe-in.

How to replace tie rod ends

Remove the tie rod end.

How to replace tie rod ends

Right tie rod end with pinch bolt. The right and left tie rod ends are not interchangeable

How to replace tie rod ends and tie rods

Pry off the spring ring of the boot with a screwdriver

How to replace tie rod ends and tie rods

Remove the spring ring of the boot

How to replace steering tips and rods

Remove the boot with the sealing ring

Before installing the boot, lubricate the ball pin with plastic grease and put grease in the boot.

Install the outer tip of the steering rod in the reverse order.

Tighten the new tip into the threaded sleeve by the number of turns equal to the number of turns counted when removing the tip.

The crown yku tighten with a torque of 27.1 - 33.4 Nm (2.8-3.4 kgfm).

Align the hole in the pin with the nearest slot in the nut.

Cotter the nut and spread the ends of the cotter pin in different directions.

Tighten the tie rod end clamp bolt with a torque of 19.1-30.9 Nm (2.0-3.1 kgfm).

Adjust the toe-in angle.

Replacing the steering rod

Disconnect the outer steering rod end from the steering arm.

Replacing the steering rod

Use a screwdriver to pry off the locking plate of the steering rod mounting bolts.

Replacing the steering rod

Using a 15 mm open-end wrench, loosen the steering rod mounting bolt to the rack.

Using the same wrench, loosen the bolt securing the other steering traction.

Replacing the steering rod

Removing the steering rod.

Removing the second rod in the same way.

Adjusting the rod length: 1 - tip steering rod; 2 - adjusting sleeve; 3 - steering rod

Measure the length of the removed rod (the distance between the center of the hole in the rubber-metal bushing of the inner end of the rod and the center of the plug of the hole in the ball joint)

Using a 17 mm socket wrench, loosen the tightening of the tightening bolt of the new rod.

Turning the adjusting insert with a 27 mm wrench, make the length of the new rod equal to the length of the removed rod.

Before adjusting the length of the rod, make sure that the adjusting insert and tip are screwed onto the steering rod until they stop.

Install the rod in the reverse order.

Tighten the tightening bolt of the rod to a torque of 19-30.9 Nm (2.0-3.2 kgf.m).

Tighten and cotter pin the tie rod end pin mounting bolt with a torque of 27.1-33.4 Nm (2.8-3.4 kgfm).

Tighten the tie rod mounting bolts to the steering gear with a torque of 70-86 Nm (7.1-8.6 kgfm) after installing the car on the wheels.

Put the locking plate on the bolts.

Install the steering rod in the reverse order

Adjust the wheel alignment angle if necessary

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