Contents: Removal ⤓ Installation ⤓
Removal
Raise the car, see item 29.
Press the steering tip joints out of the steering knuckle. Before doing this, pull out the safety pin and loosen the nut.
Loosen the rear mounting bolts "4" to the middle beam.
Loosen the bolt "5" of the silent block.
Unscrew the stabilizer from the connecting element (tie). At the same time, hold the hinge with an Allen key.
Note: On vehicles produced from January 19894 to August 1988, the stabilizer is connected by bushings with a through bolt, ball plates and rubber supports.
Loosen the stabilizer mounting clamps.
Pull the stabilizer together with the rubber supports through the hole for the steering rods of the body.
Installation
Before installation, check the condition of the rubber supports; replace cracked or damaged rubber supports.
Insert the stabilizer.
Note: Different clamps for fastening the rubber stabilizer mounts are installed on the left and right. To differentiate, take into account the distinctive markings. The right clamp is marked R, the left one is marked L.
Attach the clamps of the rubber stabilizer supports to the bottom so that they securely clamp the noses of the stabilizer bushing.
Position the stabilizer bushing on the left side so that it is approximately 5 mm from the end of the marked section of the stabilizer, see the figure. Tighten the clamps, then install the right bushing in the same way. Tighten the mounting bolts with a force of 25 Nm.
Check the ties. To do this, manually rotate the tie supports in all directions. They should turn easily, but without play.
Tighten the tie rods with new self-locking nuts to 70 Nm to the wishbone and stabilizer. Hold the joint with an Allen key when tightening the nuts.
Cars manufactured from 1.84 to 8.88: Attach the stabilizer with the bushing and rubber supports to the wishbone. Tighten the fastening nut so that the thread of the through bolt extends to 21-23 mm.
Tighten the rear silent block mounting bolt.
Tighten the bolts securing the middle beam.
Insert the steering tip head into the steering knuckle and tighten to 15 Nm. Insert and bend a new cotter pin. If the cotter pin does not fit, tighten the bolt (max. 35 Nm) until the hole for the cotter pin opens.
Lower the car.