Datsun 1000 - FRONT SUSPENSION; SPECIFICATIONS; DESCRIPTION

FRONT
SUSPENSION
pAnT
I 1000
SERIES
SPE FI
T 4
NS
Type
Transverse leaf
spring
with
upper
and
lower control
arms tubular
shock absorbel1
and
radius rods
Spring
dimensions
Length
976
mm
36
925 in
50mm
1
968
in
4mm
0 157 in
6
120mm
4
724
in
Width
Thickness
Number of
leaves
Free camber
Wheel
alignment
Toe in
2 3mm
0
0787
0
118 in
20
15
min
I
15
min
60
30 min
450
360
36 min
Caster
angle
Camber
angle
King pin
inclination
Toe
out
on turn inner
wheel
Toe
out on
turn
Quter wheel
TORQUE
WRENCH
SEITINGS
Lower ball
nut
7 6
kg
m
55Ib
ft
5
3
kg
m
38Ib
ft
Lower
control
arm
connecting
bolt
I SPRING AND LOWER ONTIlOI
RM
TO REMOVE
AND
INSPECT
I
Jack
up
the
front of the vehicle block
the
rear
wheels and
support
the
vehicle
on
jack
stands
2 Remove the
road wheels
3 Remove the
two bolts
attaching
the shock absorber
to the
radius
rod
and lower
control ann
4 Remove the
bolts
attaching
the radius rod
to the
lower control arm
5
Sopport
the lower
control arm
with a
floor
jack
and
remove
the
split
pin
and castellated
nut and
lowering
the
floor
jack
to withdraw
the
lower ball
joint
from the
stub axle swivel
6
Working
at the
opposite
end of the control arm
unscrew the
nut
remove
the
washers
and withdraw
the
Radius
rod front
4 5
kg
m
32lb
ft
53
kg
m
38Ib ft
4 9
kg
m
35lb ft
53
kg
m
38Ib ft
2 5
kg
in
i8lb fi
2 8
kg
m
20Ib ft
2 2
kg
m
16lb
ft
2 8
kg
m
20Ib ft
Radius
rod
rear
Upper
ball
joint
Retaining
Ilut
fulcrum
Stub
axle nut
Shock absorber
bolt front
Upper
ball to control arm bolts
Lower ball to control
arm bolts
8
RETAINING
RING
0
DUST
SE i
SPRING
SUppORT
NOT
W
@
LOCK WASHER
BALL
JOINT
BOLTS
@
W sHER
tt
LOWER CONTROL AF
M
1
SPACER
BAll
JOINT
VOTOO
T
WASHER
v
NUT
tt
f 1
f
NUTS
Exploded
View of Lower
Control Arm with
Stub
Axle
and
Swivel Arm
Components
1000 Models
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