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Steering swivel member

Steering swivel member

To remove



1. Slacken the hub centre-nut when all four wheels of the car are on the floor.

2. Raise the car. Unscrew all five wheel bolts and remove the wheel.

3. Unscrew the hub centre-nut fully, remove the wheel sensor.

4. Use a pair of slip-joint pliers to press in the brake piston. Remove the brake caliper from the swivel member and suspend it from the wheel housing by means of a cable tie.

5. Remove the brake disc and backplate.

6. Slacken the nut on the track-rod end.

Press out the track-rod end bolt, using puller 89 96 696.

Remove the nut and lift the track-rod end bolt out of the hole.

7. Unscrew the nut securing the anti-roll bar to the suspension arm.


8. Undo the nut on the outer ball joint. Fit puller 89 96 696 on the link arm and press the ball joint out of the steering swivel member. Unscrew the nut. This nut is of self-locking type and must not be reused.

9. Unscrew the three nuts at the top MacPherson strut mounting.

10. Lift out the MacPherson strut and clamp it in a vice. Compress the spring, using tool 88 18 791 and holder 88 18 809.

11. Grip the piston rod with a suitable tool and remove the nut, using special tool 89 96 662. This nut is of self-locking type and must not be reused.


12. Remove the mounting and the top spring cup.

13. Remove the spring, rubber gaiter and stop.

14. Unscrew the MacPherson strut insert, using special tool 89 96 670.

15. Lift the MacPherson strut insert out of the MacPherson strut.


To fit



1. Inspect the rubber gaiter and bushes, making sure that they are intact and undamaged.

2. Screw the MacPherson strut insert in place, using special tool 89 96 670.

Tightening torque: 215 Nm (158.7 lbf ft).

3. Fit the spring. The lower end of the spring should rest against the stop in the bottom spring cup.

4. Fit the spring shim (with the protruding mark as shown in the illustration above) and the mounting.

Make sure that the lower washer is fitted the right way round (with the part no. facing downwards). Grip the piston rod with a suitable tool and tighten the nut, using special tool 89 96 662. Remove the spring compression tool.

5. Fit the MacPherson strut in position on the car and tighten the three nuts at the top mounting. Tighten the nuts alternately.


Tightening torque: 18 Nm (13.3 lbf ft).

6. Tighten the nut securing the ball joint.

Tightening torque: 75 Nm (55.4 lbf ft).

7. Tighten the nut securing the anti-roll bar to the link arm.

Tightening torque: 10 Nm (7.4 lbf ft).

8. Fit the backplate and brake disc.

9. Check that the brake piston is pressed back into the cylinder. Fit the brake caliper to the swivel member.


10. Fit the wheel sensor.

11. Tighten the hub centre-nut slightly.

Important

If the hub centre-nut has been slackened or removed, a new centre nut must always be fitted. This is because the locking device on the nut will be less effective if the nut is refitted.


12. Fit the wheel and tighten the five wheel bolts, using a torque wrench.

Tightening torque

105-130 Nm (77.5-95.9 lbf ft)

13. Lower the car and tighten the hub centre-nut when all four wheels of the car are on the floor.

Tightening torque: 290 Nm (214 lbf ft).

14. Tighten the nut at the top mounting, using a torque wrench.

Tightening torque: 90 Nm (66.4 lbf ft).

15. Pump the brake pedal to advance the brake pistons in the calipers.