Check the angular free play of the steering wheel daily with the engine idling by rocking the steering wheel back and forth until the steering wheels begin to turn.

The crankshaft is steel, with hardened journals, five-bearing, with channels for lubrication and centrifugal traps for cleaning oil, the diameter of the main journal is 75-0.020 mm, and the connecting rod is 65.5-0.020 mm (Fig. 1)

The clutch of the ZIL-131 car is single-disk, dry, installed in a cast iron housing 8

Adjusting the kingpin bearings

The kingpin bearings of the front drive axle steering knuckle are adjusted with a preliminary load

Design of contact ignition system ZIL 131

The engine is equipped with a shielded, sealed battery ignition system, consisting of a B 102-B ignition coil, a P102 ignition distributor, CH307 spark plugs and high voltage wires in shielding hoses and manifolds, as well as an ignition switch

The front suspension consists of two longitudinal semi-elliptical springs and two telescopic shock absorbers