- Check bearings (11), seals and bushings for wear.
- Upon reassembly, tighten nut (8) to 80 Nm - 8 Kgm - 59.00 ft-lb and pins (9)
to 100 Nm - 10 Kgm - 73.76 ft-lb.
Grease the inner race of the bearings before retting them.
Linkage disassembly
To remove drag link (1) and drop link (2), proceed as follows:
- Using a 14 mm wrench, remove the screw (3) retaining shock absorber drop
link (2).
- Using a 17 mm wrench, remove nut (4) and remove pin (5) on the other side.
- Using a 14 mm wrench, remove nut (6) and screw (7) on the other side.
- Ensure that needle roller bearings (8) and bushes (9) are not worn and replace
them, if necessary.
Upon reassembly, grease both bearings and bushes and tighten nut (6) to
73 Nm - 7.3 Kgm - 53.84 ft-lb and nut (4) to 80 Nm - 8.0 Kgm - 59.00 ft-lb.