Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Repair of steering rack for Honda Civic

The symptoms of a failure of the steering of the river are squeaks, noises, heavy rotation of the steering wheel. Under suspicion could fall ball joints, tie tips. But after a thorough diagnosis, we conclude that all this - still steering rack. This applies to all vehicles. In this paper we consider the repair of steering rack for Honda Civic. First we need to remove the battery and air filter. The air filter is removed together with the body. Then dismantled the cavity. Should pay attention to the bracket with a clip that holds the bundle of wires. Take it off carefully, otherwise it will break. Then in the car to unscrew the bolt kardanchika steering shaft. In the engine compartment to unscrew the two mounting bolts on the right side and nut on the left. Then, demountable pillars, through which the steering rack is attached to the body. Each bracket is fastened by three bolts. To remove the rail, you need to unscrew the two bolts 10 that secure the motor electric power steering. Not removing this motor, rail does not pull it off. You already knew that it was a steering rack with electric power steering. Remove it goes through the doorway arch on the right side of the car. For this purpose, poddomkrachennom car is necessary to remove the right wheel, and then stand by loosening the three mounting nuts to the body and two bolts to the axle. Unscrew the tip of the steering, while not forgetting tie pins, so that during operation it is not out of the checkpoint. Next unscrewed tie rods. After dismantling shoots two straps that are on opposite ends of the slats. Inspection is done, and identify the causes of breakage. It turns out that he pinion mechanism operated without lubrication, so the noise and squeaking is caused by wear and tear of the plastic sleeve. In the process of driving, first appeared negligible backlash, which eventually grew into a vast, respectively, did not have enough lubrication for parts, get more free running. Replacement to be all worn parts. Then, when everything is ready, begin to collect steering rack. Graphite grease is a good alternative to the factory. So use it better. The rest of the assembly will take place in reverse order. Should pay attention to how the wheel is installed. He must be straight, otherwise, after the complete assembly, fix it already will be difficult. Tie rods shall be installed at the same place, to avoid breaching the gathering wheels.