5.2.8. Check of a free wheeling of a steering wheel

Check a steering wheel for existence of gaps in the axial and cross direction.

At failure detection, repair or replace.

Fig. 5.34. Check of a free wheeling of a steering wheel

Check a free wheeling of a steering wheel, the steering wheel has to be in provision of the rectilinear movement, the engine has to be stopped (fig. 5.34).

If the free wheeling of a steering wheel does not meet standard, check the following and replace if necessary.

– wear of a spherical finger of a steering rod end of draft

– wear of the lower spherical hinge

– wear of the hinge of a steering shaft

– wear or damage of a gear wheel or lath of the steering mechanism

– gaps in all connections

Free wheeling of a steering wheel of "a": 0–30 mm.