Removal
1. Prepare the car for work (see "Preparing the car for maintenance and repair").
2. Remove the front wheel from the side of the tip being replaced (see "Wheel - replacement").
3. Using a metal brush, clean the threaded connections of the tip from dirt and treat them with penetrating lubricant.
4. Using pliers, straighten and remove the cotter pin from the hole in the ball joint of the tie rod.
5. Using a 19 mm open-end wrench, unscrew the crown nut of the pin.
6. Using a puller, press the pin out of the hole in the steering knuckle of the front suspension strut.
7. Using a 17 mm socket wrench, loosen the tightening of the tip clamp bolt.
8. Using a slotted screwdriver, loosen the tip flange.
9. Rotate the outer tip and count the number of turns, unscrew the tip from the rod (if the adjusting sleeve starts to rotate together with the tip, hold it with a 27 mm open-end wrench).
Note: We count the number of turns made in order to approximately set the wheel alignment during assembly (for example, to get to the adjustment stand).
Installation
1. Cover the threaded part of the new tip with plastic grease Litol-24 or similar.
2. Screw the new tip onto the adjusting sleeve, holding it with a 27 mm open-end wrench.
Note: To approximately maintain the wheel alignment, screw the new tip into the coupling with the same number of turns that were made when unscrewing the old tip.
3. Insert the pin into the hole of the strut pivot arm and tighten the crown nut.
4. Tighten the pin nut to a torque of 27.1-33.4 Nm (2.8-3.4 kgf·m) and turn it further until the hole in the pin aligns with the nearest slot in the nut.
5. We cotter the nut (insert the cotter pin into the finger and spread the ends of the cotter pin in different directions).
6. Tighten the flange clamp bolt of the tip 19.1-30.9 Nm (2.0-3.2 kgf·m).
Warning! After replacing the tip, wheel alignment must be adjusted at a service station.