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Kia Sportage>> Suspension bracket and steering>> Forward suspension bracket>> Removal, service and installation of rack-mount assemblies
Removal, service and installation of rack-mount assemblies
Removal
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Hang out the car over the earth.
Remove forward wheels.
Release a nut of fastening of a bar of the stabilizer of cross-section stability to the corresponding bottom lever of a suspension bracket (see. Section Removal, check of a condition of components and installation of the stabilizer of cross-section stability).
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Release a nut (1) axial bolt of fastening of a fork of rack-mount assembly to the bottom lever of a suspension bracket.
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Take an axial bolt of a fork.
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Release coupling bolts and remove a fork (1) bottom support of rack-mount assembly.
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Open a cowl and through an aperture in a mudguard of a wheel arch release three nuts of fastening of rack-mount assembly to the basic block on a frame.
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Take rack-mount assembly from a wheel arch.
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Dismantling
Design of rack-mount assembly of a forward suspension bracket
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Clamp a rack in a vice with soft sponges and on some turns release a nut of a piston rod of the shock-absorber, - do not remove a nut finally.
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Clamp the bottom basis of rack-mount assembly in a vice with soft sponges and by means of the special adaptation compress a screw spring.
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Unscrew a nut of a piston rod and make rack dismantling.
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Check
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Clamp the lower part of the shock-absorber in a vice with soft sponges and manually check smoothness and uniformity of a piston stroke of the shock-absorber in both directions.
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Having rocked a piston rod not less than three times, make sure of lack of signs of development of leaks.
Visually estimate a condition of a screw spring.
Check on existence of damages the top cup and the bottom saddle of a spring, also estimate a condition of the top and bottom rubber insulators.
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Assembly
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Operating as it should be, the return to a dismantle order, establish into place components of rack-mount assembly, - track correctness of landing and - where it is required - input in gearing of all elements.
Compress a screw spring and freely screw a nut of a piston rod.
Clamp rack-mount assembly in a vice with soft sponges and tighten a nut of a piston rod with demanded effort (37 ÷ 46 Nanometer).
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Installation
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