Dacia Pick-Up 1304/1305/1307. Service manual - part 70

FRONT BEARING ELEMENTS

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 ELASTIC BUSHING, UPPER ARM BALL JOINT

 ELASTIC BUSHING REPLACEMENT

SPECIAL

 

TOO LS

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       D

ENO MINATION

C

O DE

Front axle support cross bar

PF 509

Ball joint extractor

PF 476

Dynamometric wrench

MOT 50

Dismount the upper arm  of the suspension.
Dismount on a press the worn bushing,

using a rod with the outer diameter of

D = 26mm.
Press the new bushing. On pressing, observe

the value A =  6mm.

Mount the upper arm on the vehicle.

BALL JOINT REPLACEMENT

SPECIAL

 

TOO LS

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       D

ENO MINATION

C

O DE

Front axle support cross bar

PF 509

Ball joint extractor

PF 476

Dynamometric wrench

MOT 50

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FRONT BEARING ELEMENTS

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Lift the vehicle using a two columns

elevator.

Dismount the wheel, mounting the

PF 509 crossbar, between the lower arm
shaft and the shock absorber joint shaft.

Release the ball joint from the steering

knuckle by means of the PF 476 extractor.

Dismount the attachment screw of the

upper ball joint.

Dismount the ball joint.
Assemble the attachment screw of the

rod  with the ball joint and place it on the
arm.

 ELASTIC BUSHING,UPPER ARM BALL JOINT

Attach the ball joint to the arm by

replacing the rivets with screws, the latter
being mounted with the ends towards the
bellow.

Mount the caster rod.
Couple the ball joint and tighten it to

the required moment.

Dismount the cross bar PF 509.
Mount the wheel and take down the

vehicle from the elevator.

Check and adjust, if necessary :

- the caster angle;
- the camber angle;
- the steering box position;
- the parallelism and the wheels

alignment.

In case protection below is damaged, replace it with a new one.

FRONT BEARING ELEMENTS

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LOWER ARM

SUSPENSION LOWER ARM

SPECIAL

 

TOO LS

:

       D

ENO MINATION

C

O DE

Front axle support cross bar

PF 509

Ball joint extractor

PF 476

Dynamometric wrench

MOT 50

D

ISMO UNTING

Lift the vehicle on the elevator and dismount the wheel.
Release the lower suspension ball joint by means the PF 476 extractor
Dismount the elastic bushings of the rod stabilizer.
Slowly lower the stabilizer rod to enable the taking out of the shaft.
Unscrew the nut and take out the shaft.
Release the lower ball joint and dismount the arm.

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FRONT BEARING ELEMENTS

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R

EMO UNTING

Mount the lower ball joint in the steering knuckle and slightly tighten the nut.
Lift the half-front axle by means of a jack.
Position the arm, grease it with special  MoS2 grease and mount it.
Mount the elastic bushings of the stabilizer rod.
Compress the front axle in the lock position of the elastic bushings,  introducing the

PF 509 support cross bar between lower arm shaft and shock absorber shaft.

Tighten the following to the required moment :

- the lower ball joint nut;
- the lower arm shaft nut;
- the stabilizer rod elastic bushing nut.

Mount the wheel, take down the vehicle from the elevator and remove the  PF 509 support

cross bar.

LOWER ARM