Dacia Solenza (engine E7J). Instruction - page 66
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Bellows to wheel
Catch the steering knuckle casing in a vice
with soft jaws.
Put the spring and head in the tripod groove.
Brings the clogs to the center.
Position the retaining star (S), and each of its
arms, being at the bisecting lines of the angles
formed by the tripod arms.
Introduce the transmission shaft in the steering
knuckle casing, positioning it, subject to the
marks (the three clogs penetrating in the three
rolling routes of the shaft).
Slide slowly the transmission shaft, in order
to engage one arm of the retaining star in the
marked point of the transmission shaft, and press
it for correct centering.
Placing the other retaining star two arms, it
will be made easy by a screwdriver, with its end
modified as per drawing:
A = 5 mm B = 3 mm
Ensure that retaining star arms are correctly
positioned in the shaft marks.
Check by hand, the joint operation.
Must not exist any hard point.
Distribute in the bellows and in the steering
knuckle casing the grease prescribed dosage.
NOTE
It is obligatory to observe the quantity
and type of the prescribed grease, 2 l
+1
cl,
ELF CARDREXA RNT 2.
Left
transmission
S
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Bellows to wheel
Position the two bellows beads in the grooves of the steering knuckle casing, consequently on
the transmission shaft tube.
Place a non-cutting, round headed rod between the transmission shaft and the bellows in
order to dose the amount of air inside.
Mount the two collars, by means of the two rods used also at the dismounting operation.
Left
transmission
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Bellows to gearbox
JOINT TOWARDS GEARBOX - GI
1. Tulip
2. Tripod
3. Blocking ring
4. Rubber bellows
5. Maintaining collars
DISMOUNTING
Cut the maintaining collar.
Cut by means of a saw the existent collar,
taking care not to scratch the tulip in the mounting
area with the bellows.
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Cut the bellows.
Remove maximum of grease.
NOTE :
The tulip not being equipped with a
hood having retainin g wings,
dismounting is to be performed without
forcing.
It is avoided the cams exit from the
trunnions (tripod arms) because the roll-
needles and the cams are paired and must be
not reversed.
Never use thinner to wash the component
parts.
Dismount the blocking ring.
Bellows to gearbox
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