Dacia SuperNova (engine E7J). Manual - part 74

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AXIAL BALL JOINT

NOTE
The replacement or the dismounting- remounting of the steering box, requires

parallelism adjustment.

1. Noise absorber bearing
2. Assembled case bearing
3. Needle case
4. Annular oil ring
5. Safety ring
6. Assembled gear
7. Pusher
8. “0” ring
9. Pusher spring

10. Assembled threaded plug

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STEERING BOX

DISMOUNTING

Loosen the screws of the wheel;
Lift the front part of the vehicle;
Dismount the wheel;
Dismount the ball joints of the steering

auxiliary connecting rods.

Dismount the attachment screw of the

steering wheel shaft (1) from the steering  box.

Dismount the steering box attachment screws (2) on the cross member.
Dismount the steering box together with the steering auxiliary connecting rods.

NOTE
Do not ever dismount the axial ball joints from the rack, unless they need to be

replaced.

REMOUNTING

Perform the dismounting operations in the reverse order:
Grease the joints with special grease containing MoS2.
Check the condition and the attachment of the protection bellows.
Tighten at the required moment the nuts of the steering auxiliary connecting rod - in the case

of the dismounting of an auxiliary connecting rod.

Mount the steering box and the auxiliary connecting rods assembly, on the vehicle.
Check the parallelism.

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PUSHER

PUSHER ADJUSTMENT

The pusher adjustment  shall be performed taking into consideration, the wear degree of the

rack and the pusher.

1. Pusher
2. ”0” ring
3. Pusher spring
4. Assembled threaded plug

When mounting distribute  23 + / - 5cmc

of grease II Li Ca Pb with MoS2 for: the
rack, the gear, the pusher and the spring, the
inner surface.

ADJUSTEMENT METHOD

The clearance adjustment of the pusher is performed by tightening the threaded plug at the

required moment of  1+/-0,2 daNm and unscrewing it  ˘ round.

The moment for the gear rotation will be

about 0,15 daN.m (maximum accepted 0,25
daN.m ) on the whole length of the rack or
the rack gliding effort of 25 daN (maximum
accepted 40 daNm ) without rigid points.

Securing of the unscrewing of the threaded

plug is performed by the distortion of the
securing element of the assembled threaded
plug towards the casing in two antipodal
points.

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 NOISE ABSORBER BEARING

DISMOUNTING

Loosen the screws of the wheel;
Lift the front part of the vehicle
Dismount the wheel on the opposite side of the steering column;
Dismount :

-casing protection bellows;
-the steering auxiliary connected rod.

Rotate the steering wheel until the rack is withdrawn.
Remove, by means of a screwdriver the noise absorber bearing.

REMOUNTING

Carefully clean the rack and the noise absorber bearing seat and grease with special grease

containing MoS2.

In the same way as at the dismounting, place back the noise absorber bearing paying attention

to fix the three pins (A) in their seats.

Rotate the steering wheel in the opposite direction until the rack stands out the bearing.
Remount on the rack:

- the steering auxiliary connecting rod (mount a new safety washer);
- protection bellows.

Check and adjust the parallelism, if necessary.