4.3.22. Survey and steering check on the car

Regularly check a steering condition as traffic safety depends on it.

At steering survey special attention turn on a condition of protective covers and carving connections. The rubber covers torn, cracked or lost elasticity surely replace, differently the water which has got to knots, a dust and dirt will quickly put them out of action.

On the cars equipped with the hydraulic booster, check a condition of hoses and the pipelines connecting the pump, a tank and the steering mechanism.

Check an arrangement of spokes of a steering wheel which at the rectilinear provision of forward wheels should be symmetrized rather vertical axis. Otherwise define a cause of defect and eliminate it.

Turning a steering wheel from an emphasis against the stop, check visually and aurally:

– reliability of fastening of the steering mechanism and steering wheel;

– lack of a gap in plugs of steering drafts and spherical hinges of tips of steering drafts;

– reliability of an inhaling and latching of bolts of fastening of bent for to a lath and nuts of fingers of spherical hinges;

– absence of jammings and the hindrances interfering turn of a steering wheel.

If you find knocks and jammings, disconnect steering drafts from rotary levers of telescopic racks and repeat check. If knocks and jammings do not stop, remove the steering mechanism from the car and repair.

1. Check a condition of protective covers of tips of steering drafts. Replace the covers torn, cracked or lost elasticity.	2. Sharply turning a steering wheel in both directions (it the assistant should do), check visually and aurally the right...

3.... and left fastenings of the steering mechanism. Moving of the mechanism and knocks are not allowed.	4. Check existence люфтов in spherical hinges of tips of steering drafts. The tips, which hinges have notable люфт, replace. Check also reliability of an inhaling of nuts of fingers of spherical hinges of tips of steering drafts.

5. Check a condition of protective covers of steering drafts. The damaged covers surely replace.