Removal and installation of the forward bridge

Position the vehicle on a lift or pit and hang the front of the vehicle.

Remove the anti-roll bar, suspension cross members and engine crankcase skid plate. Disconnect the shock absorbers from the lower suspension arms, and the front propeller shaft from the flange of the drive gear of the front axle reducer.

After compressing the suspension spring, disconnect the ball joint from the lower arm and remove the spring, smoothly unloading it. Disconnect the steering linkages from the steering arms.

Remove the cap and unscrew the wheel bearing nut. Perform the same operations on the other end of the hanger.

Loosen the coupling clamp connecting the exhaust pipe to the muffler pipe, disconnect the pipe and muffler suspension at the rear of the car and on the gearbox. Using the wrench 02.7812.9500, unscrew the nuts securing the intake pipe of the mufflers to the exhaust manifold and remove the pipe down.

Turn away nuts of fastening of pillows of a forward suspension bracket of the engine to arms of a crossbar of a forward suspension bracket.

Supporting the front axle, unscrew the bolt of the right bracket 22 (rice. 3-84) to the engine and two nuts for fastening the front axle on the left side.

Having raised the engine by 25-30 mm, remove the front axle assembly with the front wheel drive.

Installing the front axle on the car is carried out in the reverse order of removal. When installing the axle, tighten the fastening nuts and bolts to the torques specified in Appendix Through the oil filling hole, pour transmission oil TAD-17i into the crankcase of the front axle, the oil level should reach the lower edge of the hole.