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CHECKING THE STEERING SYSTEM
1. place the vehicle on the flat ground .
● Check:
Clamp seat of steeing vertical column and sliding
bearing on the lower end of steering vertical
column,
upper ＆ lower and front ＆ rear moving steering
bar .If the cleearance is too large, replace the
sliding bearing.
Refer to secrtion “Steering ststem” of chapter 5.
● Check:
tie-rod ends
Ball pin unit of steering tension rod.
Rotate the steering bar leftward and / or rightward,
Then roate from left to right lightly . If the ball pin
unit of steering tension rod have any vertical
clearance , replace it .
Refer to secrtion “Steering ststem” of chapter 5.
● Check:
Ball joints and/or wheel bearings Move the
wheels laterally back and forth. Excessive free
play
Replace the front arms (upper and lower)
and/or wheel bearings.
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ADJUSTING THE TOE-IN
1. Place the vehicle on a level surface.
2. Measure:
• toe-in
Out of specification
Adjust.
Toe-in
8~ 18 mm (0.00 ~ 0.39 in)
(with tires touching the ground)
NOTE:
Before measuring the toe-in, make sure that the
tire pressure is correct.
a. Mark both front tire tread centers.
b.Lift the front end of UTV to keep the front wheel
from force .
c. Faster the steering forward . Meagcre the widthe
beetween two marks.
d. Rotate the front tires 180° until the marks are
exactly opposite one another.
e. Measure distance □
B
between the marks.
f. Calculate the toe-in using the formula given
below.
Toe-in=□
B
-□
A
g. If the toe-in is incorrect, adjust it。
3. Adjust toe-in
WARNING
:
Make sure that left / right tension rods have
turned the same turns . Otherwise the UTV will
still go UTV left and right even though . Operate
the UTV to go forward straightly with steering
bar , easily causing to getting out of contor and
accident . After adjusting the toe-in correctly
drive the UTV to move forward a span of
distance by fastering the steering bar so as to
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