The steering wheel is mounted on the splines of the steering shaft and fixed with a self-locking nut. On vehicles equipped with a driver's airbag, an airbag module is installed in the steering wheel instead of a pad.
The steering shaft is composite. It consists of the upper and intermediate shafts. The upper shaft rotates in two bearings pressed into the steering column tube. An ignition lock with an anti-theft device is installed on the top of the dispenser pipe. The intermediate shaft is collapsible, has two cardan joints at the ends.
The steering column is assembled with a gear motor and an electric power steering control unit. The efficiency of the electric booster depends on the speed of the car.
The electric booster works only when the engine is on. The steering column brackets are attached to the body on four studs with self-locking nuts. The brackets are pivotally connected to the steering column tube. The top bracket is equipped with a steering column locking mechanism. By moving the lock lever to the lower position, you can change the angle of the steering column. When the lever is raised, the column is fixed in the selected position.
The rack and pinion steering mechanism consists of a crankcase, a drive gear and a rack, which are in gearing. The mechanism is fixed to the bulkhead of the engine compartment with two brackets on rubber supports. When the steering wheel is turned, the rotation is transmitted through the upper and intermediate shafts of the steering column to the drive gear, which, turning, moves the rack.
Tie rods are bolted to the steering gear rack, which consist of the rods themselves, tips and adjusting bushings. At the inner ends of the steering rods there are lugs with rubber-metal bushings pressed into them. In the outer ends of the rods, ball pins are installed, with which the steering rods are connected to the pivot arms of the front suspension struts. When moving the rail, the rods rotate the front suspension struts. The length of the steering rods can be changed by rotating the adjusting sleeves and thereby changing the convergence of the front wheels. From spontaneous rotation, the bushings are fixed with coupling bolts wrapped in the flanges of the tie rod ends.
Steering:
1 - tie rod end;
2 - adjusting sleeve;
3, 6 - brackets for fastening the steering mechanism;
4, 5 - steering rods;
7 - right protective cap;
8 - right support of the steering mechanism;
9 - protective cover of the steering mechanism;
10 - steering mechanism;
11 - sealant;
12 - an intermediate shaft with a lower cardan joint;
13 - upper universal joint;
14 - steering column with electric power steering;
15 - steering wheel;
16 - slip ring*;
17 - steering wheel nut;
18 - steering wheel pad (driver's airbag*);
19 - steering shaft bearings;
20 - left protective cap;
21 - left support of the steering mechanism.
* For vehicles with airbag.