CITROËN ID 19 Repair Manual page 213

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OPERATION No. ID 410- 3 :
&xthaulilzg a front half-axle Op.ID 410-3 207
PARTICULAR POINTS.
Dismantling.
In order to remove the outer races
of
the arm bearings from the bracket, slightly heat the bracket around the housing
of
the races and drive out.
Do not lose the adjusting washers
of
the steering coupling lever on the pivot.
Assembly
a) Do not fit the lower cup
of
the upper ball by means of a hammer or a press, this may damage the pivot, use the fixture 1857-T (see PI. 63,jig. 2).
c) Determine the thickness of the adjusting washers of t%e steering lever on the pivot (see OP. ID 413-o).
d) Detcrnire the thickness of the adjusting uashers of the flange of the lower ball joint (feeler gauge), the clearance of the ball joint should bd
0' IO mm., after tightcnirg thejange to 36 ft.lbs. (5 m.kg.). (D o not exceed this tightening
torsion.)
e) Tighten the wheel nut to 288 ft.lbs. (40 m.kg.).
a) Slightly heat the bracket around the bearings of the upper arm with a blowpipe in order to fit the outer bearing races. (The bearings of
the lozeer arm uill be fitted after the adjustment of the castor angle). Tighten the rear nut of the upper
arm
to 65 ft.lbs. (9 m.kg.) and
loosen the nut by 15" to 30 , then turn down the metal of the nut into the
groove
in the
arm.
f) Adjust the castor angle (see paragraph IO-f), fit the outer cups of the lower arm bearings and tighten the
rear nut
(proceed as indicated fat
the upper arm, see paragraph 7).
TOOLS
REMOVAL
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Place the half axle in a vice (vice support MR-3053-120, see P1.65) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Disconnect the driveshaft and pivot assembly from the arms as follows:
4
Disconnect the lower ball first and then the upper ball (extractor and pressure pad 1864-T, see Pl. 64, fig. 3) . . .
b)
Remove the rubber (7) and metal (8) cups.
To remove the arms:
4
Extract the steel cap from the lower arm, using a screwdriver.
b)
With a chisel,
raise the metal tongue locking the nuts (21) and (22).
Remove the nuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
Disengage the arms in a press or with a bronze drift.
Remove the buffer arm (23) and the distance piece (24) from the upper arm.
Vice support
MR-3053-120
26 mm box spanner
Extractor and pressure
pad 1864-T
38 mm box spanner