INSPECTION
Measure the steering angle after placing the front wheel on a turning radius gauge.
Standard: Inner: 34.19° +/- 2°
Outer: 29.52° +/- 2°
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- Place both front wheels on a turning radius gauge.
- Turn wheels fully to left and note angles for left (inner) and right (outer) wheels.
- Loosen both left and right tie rod lock nuts, then turn both tie rods to achieve specified angles. Tighten lock nuts.
- Repeat for a full right turn; right is now inner and left is now outer.
- Tighten tie rod lock nuts. Tightening torque: 50~58 lbs. ft (69~78 N.m, 7.0~8.0 kg.m)
- Inspect and adjust toe after adjusting steering angle.
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- Place the front wheel on a turning radius gauge.
- Attach caster/camber gauge to front hub.
- Measure the caster/camber and note readings. Camber: 0.51° +/-0.5° (No passenger load) 0.26° +/-0.5° (Five passengers load) Caster: 1.88° +/-0.5° (No passenger load) 1.94° +/-0.5° (Five passengers load)
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- Attach camber gauge to front hubs per manufacturer's instructions, and note readings.
- If readings do not meet specifications, lift front of vehicle until front wheels clear floor, and support with safety stands.
- Remove four mounting block nuts.
- Push mounting block downward to disengage studs, and turn it to position that corresponds to the difference between the initial reading and the specification.
- Install and tighten mounting nuts to specified torque. Tightening torque: 34~46 lbs. ft (46~63 N.m, 4.7~6.4 kg.m)
- Lower vehicle and recheck camber. Readjust if necessary.
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- Attach caster gauge to front hubs per manufacturer's instructions, and note readings.
- If readings do not meet specifications, lift front of vehicle until front wheels clear floor, and support with safety stands.
- Remove four mounting block nuts.
- Push mounting block downward to disengage studs, and turn it to position that corresponds to the difference between the initial reading and specification.
- Install and tighten mounting nuts to specified torque. Tightening torque: 34~46 lbs. ft (46~63 N.m, 4.7~6.4 kg.m
- Lower vehicle. Recheck caster and readjust if necessary.
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- Attach caster gauge to front hubs per manufacturer's instructions, and note readings.
- If readings do not meet specifications, lift front of vehicle until front wheels clear floor, and support with safety stands.
- Mark alignment of tension rod nuts and spacer washers installed to subframe as shown in illustration.
- If caster degree is smaller than specification, remove two washers which are installed to tension rod inward.
- If caster degree is larger than specification, add two washers into tension rod to achieve specified degree.
- Tighten tension rod nuts after aligning with mark made. Tightening torque: 115~130 lbs. ft (157~177 N.m, 16~18 kg.m)
- Lower vehicle. Recheck caster and readjust if necessary.
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- Measure toe angle with a toe angle gauge per manufacturer's instructions.
- If measurement does not meet specification, loosen left and right tie rod lock nuts, then turn each tie rod as needed to achieve proper toe angle. NOTE: Left and right tie rods are right hand threaded. To decrease toe angle thread right and left side tie rods into tie rod ends. To increase toe-in, unthread tie rods. One full turn of both tie rods changes toe-in by about 0.24 in. (6 mm). It may be necessary to rotate one tie rod more than the other in order to achieve the proper toe angle and still retain a straight steering wheel.
- Tighten tie rod lock nuts. Tightening torque: 50~58 lbs. ft (69~78 N.m, 7.0~8.0 kg.m)