Audi 100/A6

1990-1997 of release

Repair and car operation

2.1.20. Check of elements of a steering, a suspension bracket and semiaxes FORWARD SUSPENSION BRACKET AND STEERING

PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Lift a forward part of the car and establish it on support. 2. Examine dusterи and covers on presence of cracks or wear tracks. 3. On models system of the hydraulic booster of a steering examine hoses and system tubes, and also their connection on presence of leaks. 4. Undertake a wheel from above and from below and try to shake it. If the free wheeling is too great, ask the assistant to squeeze out a brake pedal, and again shake a wheel. If the free wheeling has decreased or was gone, means, it is necessary to replace nave bearings. If the free wheeling remained, means, connections or suspension bracket fastenings are worn out. 5. Undertake a wheel on each side and try to shake it. Too big free wheeling can be caused deterioration of bearings of a nave or spherical hinges of steering draughts. 6. Check up a condition of plugs of fastenings of elements of a suspension bracket. 7. Lower the car on the earth and turn a steering wheel on 1/8 turns in both parties. If the steering wheel free wheeling is too great, check up hinges and connections of steering transfer.

RACKS OF THE SUSPENSION BRACKET / SHOCK-ABSORBERS

PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Examine shock-absorbers on presence of traces of leak of a liquid. If leak is present, it is necessary to replace the shock-absorber. 2. Check up efficiency of shock-absorbers, having shaken the car upwards-downwards.

SEMIAXES

PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Lift a forward part of the car and establish it on support. Turn a steering wheel against the stop aside and slowly rotate a wheel. Check up a condition dusterов the SHRUS, moving apart folds. Also check up a condition and an inhaling of collars. 2. Check up a condition of hinges. For this purpose, keeping полуось, try to rotate a wheel. Then, keeping the internal hinge, try to rotate полуось. Excessively the free wheeling testifies to deterioration presence in hinges, deterioration шлицов a semiaxis or easing of a fixing nut of a semiaxis. 3. Examine shock-absorbers on presence of traces of leak of a liquid. If leak is present, it is necessary to replace the shock-absorber.

DEVICES AND ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT

PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Check up work of all devices and an electric equipment. 2. Check up accuracy of indications of gauges. Include by turns all elements of an electric equipment for check of their work.

STEERING AND SUSPENSION BRACKET

PERFORMANCE ORDER

Check up steering and suspension bracket work. Check up, that at movement there was no vibration or noise.

TRANSMISSION

PERFORMANCE ORDER

Check up work of the engine, coupling, a transmission and semiaxes. Check up, that at movement they did not publish unusual noise.

BRAKE SYSTEM

PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Check up, that the car did not pull aside at braking, and blocking of wheels did not occur too early. 2. Check up, that the steering wheel did not shiver at braking. 3. Check up work of a manual brake and a servoamplifier of brakes. For this purpose squeeze out a brake pedal some times and start the engine. The pedal should fall a little. Allow to the engine to work some minutes and muffle it. Press a brake pedal. You should hear hissing of the vacuum amplifier. After several pressing it should stop, and the pedal to become much more rigid.