VAZ-2109: replacement of steering tips with own hands

By car VAZ-2109, the replacement of the steering tips is carried out every 20-40 thousand kilometers. Of course, this value may be different, depends directly on the roads on which the car usually drives, from the manner of driving. Accurate motorists can ride quite a long time on the same steering tips. Steering is one of the important components in the car. It is from him that your safety and passengers directly depend. It is extremely important from time to time to check serviceability, to make repairs. The steering consists of a bar, rods, tips, and a column.

Signs of malfunction of steering tips VAZ-2109

It is the steering tips that most often wear out on the car. To check them, you need to use a flyover, a lift or a viewing pit. Work by lifting the front of the car on the jacks is not very convenient, because there is not enough space. Carefully inspect the anthers of the steering tips. If they have cracks, it is advisable to immediately perform repairs. It is not known what the age of these cracks is. A literally a few hours through one can get inside a fairly large amount of dust and dirt.

This will lead to the fact that the ball joint will begin to wear out more. Even washing with subsequent application of fresh lubricant and replacement of anther can not save the situation. Check the amount of play for each tie rod. It should not exceed a value of one and a half millimeters. If more, replace the steering tips. Also a sign of wear is the presence of extraneous sounds from the steering.

Periodicity of replacement

On average, the VAZ-2109 replacement of steering tips occurs, as already noted, approximately every 20-40 thousand kilometers of run. They have a longer service life only in this case, if the car constantly travels perfectly smooth, without pits and bumps, roads. It is advisable to carry out repairs, regardless of when the tips were replaced, if one of the following diagnoses exists:

1. Failure of steering wheel commands.
2. Strong feedback to the steering wheel when driving.
3. Presence of knocks, creaks, howling.

It is extremely important from time to time to drive a car to the observation pit or lift to perform the steering diagnostics. In the event that the lubricant from the anther is gone, you can improve the situation a little. Using a syringe with a needle, pour a little engine oil under the dust cover.

Tools and accessories for repair

Of course, you need to buy directly the steering tips. It is desirable to choose the production of one of three firms:

1. «Track Champion».
2. Stock, which are supplied to the conveyor "AvtoVAZ".
3. Belmag.

It is necessary to pay attention to the fact that AvtoVAZ produces cars, not spare parts for them! Therefore, it is fundamentally wrong to say that steering tips are made by "AvtoVAZ" company. All spare parts are produced in the territory of our vast country, as well as in the near and far abroad.

It is more correct to say that you need to purchase stock items. These are the ones that are installed by the vehicle manufacturer. But this does not mean that they are produced by the same plant. It is extremely undesirable to buy the tie rods, which have undergone restoration. They are unlikely to last more than one or two months. If you take into account the fact that the steering tips, the price of which does not exceed 400-450 rubles., You can find in any store, it is easier to buy new ones. Also need to buy nuts and locking pins. Anthers, as a rule, are already installed on the tips, lubrication inside is available. And the most important thing is the puller of the steering tips, you can not do without it.

Carrying out repairs

All work can be done without a pit or trestle. Especially if you have a carburetor. It has much fewer components under the hood that interfere with the work. Under the rear wheels, be sure to install the stops so that the car does not roll down during repairs. First loosen the wheel bolts, then lift the repair side with the jack. After this, you can completely unscrew the wheel bolts and remove them. With the help of pliers, remove the cotter pins, which hold the nuts of the tips from turning. And further on VAZ-2109 replacement of steering tips proceeds without problems.

With a wrench on 19, unscrew the nut. Now it is necessary to detach the tip directly from the pull rod. To do this, you must use the key on 27. It is advisable to unscrew the retaining nuts before the tip is taken out of the pivot. When you unscrew the tip, be sure to count the number of revolutions. When installing a new one, screw it into the same number of turns. This will at least roughly adjust the convergence of the wheels.

What difficulties can there be?

Usually, the knot in which the steering rod 2109 joins the tip is difficult to understand. After all, dirt, water, and, most importantly, nearby a constantly hot engine get into it very often. This leads to contamination of the threads. And even a penetrating lubricant is powerless. Therefore, you can use a little trick. It is necessary to completely remove the steering rod with the tip.

To do this, use a 10-key to unscrew the metal bar that covers the rail. Then, using a key on 22, unscrew the bolt, before pressing the lock washer. After that, you can easily remove the steering. Using a puller for steering tips, pull the hinge out of the steering knuckle. Then heat the threaded connection. Gently tap with a small hammer on the nuts. At the same time, all dirt and rust will be destroyed, the threaded joint will be released. With the keys it is enough to unscrew the nuts and install a new tip.

Conclusion

This is how the VAZ-2109 car is replaced with own hands. There is nothing complicated in this procedure, at the stage of carrying out repairs, specialists will not need help. It is important only to know that it is obligatory after the repair to make adjustment of the angles of convergence and the collapse of the front wheels. Otherwise, the tread pattern on the tires can not be destroyed.