Refitting The Front Suspension Unit; Front Crossmember Removal And Refitting; Front Arm Attachment On The Crossmember; Driving In The Serrated Pins With Block Z In Position - PEUGEOT 404 Owners Workshop Manual

FIG
8 :1
0
Front arm attachment
to
rear arm
Key
to
Fig 8:1
0 1
FÍont
arm 2
Backing washer
3
Backing
cup 4
Half cone
bush 5
Rear
arm 6
HalÍ
cone
bush 7
Rear
cup
washer
8
Retaining nut
Note particularly the correct position of the
Belleville
washers.
17 Compress the
assembly and
f
it
a
new circlip,
ensuring
that it
seats
correctly in its groove.
18 Fit the front
arm
to
the
rear
arm of
the wishbone
Lry
assembling
the
parts as
shown in
FIG
8:10,
leaving
the nut Íinger
tight
for
Íinal
tightening on
installation
in
the car. Lubricate the ball head
ioint
with
multi-
purpose
grease.
8:8
Ref
itting
the
front
suspension
unit
1
Place
the
suspension
unit
under
the wing
valance,
supportrng
it
under the lower ball head.
Ensure
that
the drain hole in the saÍety cup is
positioned to
the
inside
of the
car.
2 Fit the three upper support screws and tighten
them
to
a
torque
of 9
to 10.8 lb
Ít.
Fit
the special plug to
the
centre hole in
the wing
valance.
3
Install
the wishbone
rear
arm in the crossmember
side
rail yoke and the
front
arm
to the
crossmember yoke
with
the
rubber washer between
the
rubber
bushing
and the
front
part
of the yoke
as
shown
in
FIG
8:11.
Insert
both retaining pins from the
front and drive
in
up to the serrated portions of the pins.
4
Install
the
bÍake
backing plate with the grease catcher
cup between the backing plate and stub
axle.
5 Check
that the protruding part oÍ the
upper
brake
plate
attaching screw
does
not foul the
shock
absorber body,
tighten the
scÍews
to a
torque
oÍ
39.8
to 47 lb
Íï
and lock by centre punching
the
protruding portion oí the
screws.
6 Place
a
bead
of
plastic sealing compound
around
the
junction
of the
brake
backing plate and the
stub
axle Ílange,
7
Install
the hub
and brake drum and
tighten
the stub
axle nut ïo
21
.l
lb Ít, loosen the nut and finally tighten
to
6.2 lb
ft
and lock
with
a new
splitpin.
I
Fit the
hub
cap and install the road wheel.
9 Lower the íront of the
car
to
the ground and place
a
21
mm (.867 inch) block
between
the rebound
ruboer
and
the
crossmember (see FIG 8
:12).
Load the front
of the car until the
block is held between
the
rubber
and the crossmember. The rubber
bushes are
now
in
a
static position.
l0Drive in both
rubber bush attaching
pins
(see
Operation
3),
fit
and tighten the nuts
to
a torque of
57.8 to 65 lb Ít and lock
with
new splitpins.
1
1 Tighten the
Íront
arm
to
rear
arm attaching nut
to
a
toroue of
21
.7
ro28.9
lbÍt.
12 Install
the
steering
arm
and
connecting
link
and
tighten the
nut to
a
torque oÍ 36.7 to
39.7 lb
Ít.
13
Bleed
and adjust
the
brakes,
iÍ
necessary.
Check
and
adjust the toe-in.
8:9
Front
crossmember removal and
ref
itting
1
Disconnect
the battery and support the
fÍont oÍ
the
engine
from
above
wrth a cÍoss
bar
and
adJustable
hook
attached
to
the evelet on the
cvlinder
block
beneath
the
coil.
2
Raise
the
front
oÍ
the
car
and support
it
on
stands
placed beneath
the body lower
Íront
crossmember.
3 Remove
the
screws attaching
the
engine
front
mountings
to
the
front
suspension
crossmember
and
raise
the engine slightly.
FIG
8:11 Front arm attachment on
the
yoke
crossmembeí
2
Rubber
Key
to
Fig
8 :11
spacrng
washer
1
Front arm bush
eye
FIG
8:12
Driving in the
seÍrated
pins
with
block
Z
in
position
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