Steering knuckle parts
1. Gasket; 2. Sleeve; 3. Pin; 4. Nut; 5. Lever; 6. Bearing; 7. Stuffing box cover; 8. Thrust ring of the gland housing; 9. Fist; 10. Bolt; 11. Bearing cover; 12. Spacer
Removing
1. Raise the front of the car.
2. Disconnect the tie rods from the knuckle.
3. Remove brake parts.
4. Remove the half shaft.
5. Loosen the seal housing bolts.
6. Loosen the lever nuts and remove the conical washers (indicated by arrows).
7. Remove the top bearing cap and spacer.
8. Remove bearings and label them ("upper right", "lower right" etc.).
9. Remove old grease from bearings, yoke and knuckle by flushing with solvent.
10. Check the condition of the bearings for cracks, spalling and wear on the rollers. Check the condition of the bearing rings in the forks. Replace worn bearings by removing the rings by tapping the brass mandrel. Rings and clips of rollers change as a set.
Installation
1. Fill the bearing races with refractory grease, pushing hard on the bearing so that the grease enters the race separators.
2. Apply a thin coat of lubricant to the guide.
3. Install a new oil seal.
4. Install the upper bearing into the fork, insert the lower bearing.
5. While holding the lower bearing, place your knuckle on the axle yoke and install the gasket and top cover. Wrap bolts.
6. Install lever, conical washers, tighten nuts. Tighten the nuts and bolts of the upper and lower bearing caps to the specified torque.
7. Check bearing preload. If the moment differs from normal, then select the thickness of the spacers by removing some of the spacers or installing new ones.
Attention! Increasing the thickness of the spacers reduces the preload in the bearings, reducing the thickness leads to an increase in the preload.
8. Further assembly is carried out in the reverse order.