Replacing the steering tip with a VAZ 2109 will take literally half an hour, if you have the right tools. Even the presence of a pit is not necessary for the procedure.
A lot has already been said about how important it is to monitor the health of the steering. However, we will still focus on them. A small educational program about why timely replacement of steering tips on the VAZ 2109 is so important.
First of all, safety. On the road, the wheel makes a huge amount of vertical and horizontal vibrations, the steering tip, ball joint, silent blocks, wheel bearings - all this is under tremendous stress. Therefore, it may happen that the tip finger simply rips out of the seat. Further, the consequences are unpredictable, it all depends on the speed of movement.
Another point, which is indirect, but still quite important, especially from the financial side. When the steering tip is loose, it cannot hold the wheel without lateral play. This backlash, in turn, has a very strong effect on the geometry of the wheels, on the angles of their installation, namely, on toe-in. And when the toe-in does not correspond to the norm, there is a very confident and accelerated wear of the rubber, not to mention the fact that it is simply impossible to catch a car on the road.
Replacing the steering tip on the VAZ 2109
Now let's proceed directly to the instructions. First of all, you need to get long keys for 27 and 2. Speaking "long", we mean about 80 cm, not less, otherwise it is simply unrealistic to break the locking clutches.
If we change the right tip, then we turn the steering wheel to the left, if we change the left, then vice versa. In general, if it is possible to carry out operations with a removed wheel, then this is exactly what you should do. Using a 22 key, unscrew the nut fixing the tip in the bipod of the rack, then dry this tip with hammer blows.
Next, we open the hood, find the rods that go from the rail, after which we hold the clutch with a key of 24, and unscrew the nut by the other, by 27. On the right side, the nut is unscrewed to the front, and on the left - to the salon, this is worth remembering. Now we remove the old tip. We install a new one by screwing it about the same number of threads as the old one. After that, tighten the clutch locknut.
Important! After replacing the tip, it is imperative to check the wheel alignment angles, because it is impossible to accurately get even a turn into a turn.
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