Vehicle breakage - the situation is ordinary and common. It is quite difficult to prevent it, even if you carefully monitor all the aggregates and nodes, to perform preventive work in a timely manner. Each car has weaknesses. If we talk about the vehicles of the VAZ family, then the tips of the steering should be attributed to their weaknesses. If in case of damage not to replace them in a timely manner, it may entail the full destruction of the entire steering mechanism. Probably should not talk about the financial losses that you will incur at the same time.

Tips of steering VAZ Purpose and location

Steering tips - steering elements present on each modern car. Vaz exclusion cars did not. The task of steering tips is to ensure the connection of the thrust and the swivel fist of the wheel of your car. During the movement of the tips of the steering rack rods, rotating the wheel. In essence, the tips of the steering is allowed to carry out turns, maneuvers, change the direction of the car movement.

Signs of malfunction of steering tips

Factors are affected by the degree of wear of the elements of the steering system:

• Quality applied tips.
• Car operating conditions.
• Autowner ride manner.
• Quality of roads.

There are a number of characteristic features for which you can determine that the steering tips are damaged and cannot perform their functions as efficiently as before:

• The car is difficult to manage. This is especially noticeable during the entrance to sharp turns.
• The tire pattern on the tires is non-uniform.
• Uncharacteristic sounds (metal knock), which are coming from the front of the car. At the same time, they can be heard on one side or from two at the same time.

To determine the status of the steering tips, you need to perform a simple check, for this:

• We study the state of the node with a visual way, for which turn the steering wheel to the right to the stop. This will allow you to inspect the left tip. For visual inspection of the right tip, respectively, it is necessary to turn the steering wheel until it stops to the left.
• We look at the rubber boot, which is put on the tip. If there are cracks or breaks, it is necessary to replace the element. If this is not done, the dirt will penetrate the cracks and breaks in the protein, which will result in a very rapid wear of the part, and can also harm other nodes of your car.

  

• In addition, you can lift the vehicle by a jack, hung the wheel in the air. Grasp the tip of your hands and take it. If you have a backup, the replacement will have to be performed on both sides at the same time.

Hazards operation of a machine with faulty tips of steering

Steering is one of the main components of the car's safe movement. The state of the elements that are included in the design of this node directly affects the driver's comfort, and therefore, any malfunction in their operation is extremely unwanted, and sometimes even dangerous. Steering tips are one of these components. It is worth noting that the output of the data of the elements can make the car uncontrollable.

Tools, fixtures, consumables

To work, you will need materials and tools:

1. New steering tips.
2. WD-40.
3. Passatia.
4. A set of keys.
5. Brush with a pile of metal.
6. The puller (if it is missing, replace it with a small lombing).

What tips to purchase, original or analogs?

When choosing tips of steering cras, most VAZ owners ask what products are better - the original or analogues?

You have two options:

How to choose high-quality steering tips, to pay attention to?

When choosing tips, it is necessary to pay special attention to the quality of the product and the integrity of the rubber anther. You can highlight a number of the most popular steering manufacturers, whose products have good quality: AvtoVAZ, Vis, Track, FinWhale, Lemfoerder.

How to replace the tips of the steering of VAZ do it yourself (step by step)

Order of work:

1. With the help of a jack raise the other side of the car, where work is planned to replace the tips of the steering.
2. We unscrew the fastening bolts from the wheels and remove it.
3. A brush with a metal pile. Slide the junction seat of the swivel fist and tip.
4. With a strong pollution of this site, a metal brush will be insufficient. In this case, WD-40 will be useful. If it is not, use the brake fluid.

   

5. Next, we remove the plinth, which fixes the bolt connection.
6. Remove the fastening nut.
7. Then with the help of the puller (if it is not, they are armed with a small hammer and scrap) remove the finger of the tip of the fist of the rack. Thus, the damaged component is removed from the retainer.
   
8. Gently unscrew the node to be replaced.
9. It is advisable to preliminarily measure the distance between the center of the tip and Sgon. When reverse installation, these information will be extremely useful.
10. Now take a new kit that we bought.
11. Insert a new knot to the place of the old and fix with the right.
12. We return the finger of the hinge in its place - in the swivel fist.

    

13. Spin the nut back, tighten it and secure a pin.
14. On another wheel, the tip changes in the same way.
15. At the last stage, still it will be necessary to visit the service station - to check the score-collapse.

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