Front Suspension: Adjustments Saab 9-2X I

Front Camber Adjustment

Loosen the two self-locking nuts located at lower front portion of strut.

Note. When adjusting bolt needs to be loosened or tightened, hold its head with a wrench and turn self-locking nut.

Turn the camber adjusting bolt so that camber is set at the specification.

Note. Moving the adjusting bolt by one scale graduation changes camber by approx. 0 °10'.

Scheme 3

1. Strut
2. Adjusting bolt
3. Housing
4. Outer
5. Inner
6. Camber is increased.
7. Camber is decreased.

CAMBER SPECIFICATIONS

Scheme 4

Scheme 5

Tighten two new self-locking nuts.

Tightening torque

175 Nm (17.8 kgf-m, 129 ft-lb)

Adjustment

Turn the tie-rod to adjust steering angle of both inner and outer wheels.

Check the toe-in.

Note. Correct the boot if it is twisted.

Scheme 6

1. Lock nut

Make sure that the right and left steering angles are within specified value.

Loosen the right and left side steering tie-rods lock nuts.

Turn the right and left tie rods equal amounts until the toe-in is at the specification.

Toe-in

1.8+/-2 mm (0.08+/-0.08 in) (adjustment standard)

Both the right and left tie-rods are right-hand threaded. To increase toe-in, turn both tie-rods clockwise equal amounts (as viewed from inside of the vehicle).

Scheme 7

1. Lock nut

Tighten the tie-rod lock nut.

Tightening torque

83 Nm (8.5 kgf-m, 61.5 ft-lb)

Note. Correct the tie-rod boot, if it is twisted.

Loosen the self-locking nut on inner side of link rear.

Note. When loosening or tightening the adjusting bolt, hold the bolt head and turn self-locking nut.

Scheme 8

1. Adjusting bolt
2. Link rear

Turn the adjusting bolt head until toe-in is at the specification.

Toe-in

0+/-2 mm (0+/-0.08 in) (adjustment standard)

Note. When the right and left wheels are adjusted for toe-in at the same time, the movement of one scale graduation changes toe-in by approx. 1.5 mm (0.6 in).

TOE-IN SPECIFICATIONS

Scheme 9

Scheme 10

TOE-IN SPECIFICATIONS

Scheme 11

Scheme 12

Tighten a new self-locking nut.

Tightening torque

100 Nm (10.2 kgf-m, 74 ft-lb)

Make the thrust angle adjustments by turning toe-in adjusting bolts of rear suspension equally in the same direction.

When one rear wheel is adjusted in a toe-in direction, adjust the other rear wheel equally in toe-out direction, in order to make thrust angle adjustment.

When the right and left adjusting bolts are turned incrementally by one graduation in the same direction, the thrust angle will change approx. 16' ["L" is almost equal to 12 mm (0.472 in)].

Thrust angle

0°+/-30' (tolerance)

0°+/-20' (adjustment standard)

Scheme 13

1. Front
2. Thrust angle
3. Body center line

Note. Thrust angle refers to a mean value of right and left rear wheel toe angles in relation to the vehicle body center line. Vehicle is driven straight in the thrust angle direction while swinging in the oblique direction depending on the degree of the mean thrust angle.

Thrust angle: r = (a - b)/2

a: Right rear wheel toe-in angle

b: Left rear wheel toe-in angle

Here, use only positive toe-in values from each wheel to substitute for a and b in the equation.

Scheme 14

1. Front
2. Body center line