Leading Arm Bushing / Lateral Rod Bushing Check; Kingpin / Kingpin Bearing Check; Barfield Joint Check; Steering Knuckle Seal Check - Suzuki Jimny Service Manual

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Leading Arm Bushing / Lateral Rod Bushing

Inspect for damage, wear or deterioration.

If defective, replace.

1) Inspect for wear or deterioration.

2) Inspect for crack, damage or deformation of kingpin.

If defective, replace.

To be checked on this joint is its axial play, which shows up when

a push-and-pull motion is given to live axle shaft and wheel spin-

dle held in both hands, as shown in figure. There should be no

play at all but a play of up to 1.5 mm (0.06 in.) is permissible. If

play exceeds service limit, replace it.

Axial play in barfield joint

0 mm (no play)

The knuckle seal used at the spherical sliding joint between the

knuckle and the inner case accomplishes the additional purposes

of keeping out road dust and of acting as the damper for the

steering handwheel. As the wear of this seal advances, its damp-

ing effect decreases and thus make the front wheel develop a ten-

dency to "shimmy" not only that road dust begins to creep into the

sliding clearance to promote the wear of the spherical sliding sur-

Check the knuckle seal for wear or damage. If defective, replace

with new one.

FRONT SUSPENSION 3D-15

Service Limit

1.5 mm (0.06 in.)

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